3 Cohens - Tightrope (2013)

The best jazz groups are made up of kindred spirits, but the rare family band has something more an intuitive feel for each other that goes beyond words and gestures to a kind of bred-in-the-bone telepathy. The 3 Cohens are that sort of uncommon collective, a trio of siblings tenor saxophonist/clarinetist Anat Cohen, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen whose sense of improvisational interplay is both uncannily fluent and wonderfully, infectiously warm. In Tightrope the group digs deep to explore this connection in an unaccompanied setting. Stellar guests Fred Hersch, Christian McBride and Jonathan Blake individually add their voices to the conversation.

Tracklist:

1.Blueport 03:07
2.Conversation #1 01:07
3.Song Without Words #4: Duet 06:16
4.Conversation #2 02:10
5.Black 04:55
6.Just Squeeze Me 05:18
7.Hot House 03:03
8.There’s No You 02:33
9.Estaté 05:09
10.Conversation #3 01:39
11.Indiana 03:04
12.I Mean You 02:59
13.It Might as Well 03:04
14.Festive Minor 04:41
15.Conversation #4 01:21
16.Conversation #5 01:40
17.Ai Li Lu Li Lu 03:08
18.Mantra 02:09

Personnel:

Anat Cohen: clarinet(s) and tenor saxophone;
Avishai Cohen: trumpets;
Yuval Cohen: soprano saxophone;
Fred Hersch: piano (3, 9, 12);
Christian McBride: bass (6);
Johnathan Blake: drums (5).