Avishai Cohen's 'Aurora' To Be Released 4/27

Israeli bassist Avishai Cohen is an alchemist at heart. Finding inspiration in musicians ranging from Bach to Stevie Wonder, Avishai can transform a tired Israeli school tune back into poetic gold. He can take the Sephardic melodies his grandfather sang in prayer, or his mother hummed while washing dishes, and make them groove. He can take a sinuous and spontaneous jazz bass line turn it into a top forty hit.

Avishai's joyful powers of transformation are in full force on Aurora (EMI: April 27, 2010), an album turning roots into lyrical, intense songs that showcase not only Avishai's masterful bass and lifelong musical loves, but his newfound voice.

Shifting between languages and genres, as loud vibrates alongside piano chords, Avishai speaks with a voice that is both global and extremely local, universally resonant and yet deeply personal. All thanks to an unexpected turn to song: "The voice is always fresh because it's such a human, ever-evolving instrument," Avishai reflects. "You can never know what to expect and you can never master it, even if you try to gain as much control as you can. It's a healthy but paradoxical thing, like the heart."

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