Bassist Cohen Continues His Groove on 'Disturbed'

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'Gently Disturbed'

Avishai Cohen Trio (Razdaz)

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Bassist Avishai Cohen has the ability to make a trio sound different than it normally does. He does the same thing with jazz itself. Oh, his music is jazz in every way. It is built around improvisation and the rhythms that give it that groove. But it never has an ordinary sound, and that is why "Gently Disturbed" gets such high marks, It doesn't present anything of a genre-shattering nature, but it is consistently energetic and fresh. "Chutzpann," for instance, is built around stuttering, shifting melodic lines that sometimes are stated in unison between Cohen and pianist Shai Maestro. Nine of the …