Avishai Cohen: Seven Seas – review

(Blue Note)Unlike 2009's Aurora, this album from Israeli bass virtuoso and composer Avishai Cohen cuts down on the twee vocals, and makes far more varied and vibrant material out of his absorption in Yiddish folk melodies. The lullaby Oyfn Weg Shteyt a Boym does open with the softly chanted singing typical of Cohen's recent work, but builds a gripping momentum over Itamar Doari's furious percussion. The title track is a stuttery bass-and-voice pattern quickly picked up by Shai Maestro's piano a...

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