Avishai Cohen - Gently Disturbed

Marc Piane · #1 06-06-2008, 07:19 AM

Alistair R · #2 06-06-2008, 07:58 AM

Just got it then. Fantastic album. Cohen is truly talented as both a bassist and composer.

Nami · #3 06-07-2008, 06:28 AM

i actually thought it's a pretty boring album, i heard some of it live in december i think and it was great but the album wasn't as good as i thought it will be.

BTW avishai is now making a hebrew pop album. The single is in the radio ALL DAY and i think it's not that good. What do you think?
http://www.myspace.com/avishaicohensensitivehours

Marc Piane · #4 06-07-2008, 07:00 AM

What did you not like about it? Just curious.

I think there are lots of nice grooves and mood shifts. The album really takes you places.

The writing is outstanding. Singable and beautifully lyrical melodies on the ballads. Aggressive piano work on the burners. Interesting instrument roles.

Lots of grooves in odd time signatures that are so in the cut. Cool 'phase shift' sort of stuff where the piano, bass, and drums permutate the grooves in different ways and come back together.

I've only had it for a few days but I have not listened to anything else.

Nami · #5 06-07-2008, 07:50 AM

Maybe it's only because i'm a really old avishai cohen fan and i attended to somthing like 3 concerts and everyone around me knows him pesonally and even played with him i tend to agree to the opinion that flows here that he recycles his songs and the CD's are stoped to be intresting and unique since ADAMA.

When i saw him live i noticed he is not the bassist he was when he played with chick for example. His sound is so throati and bassi that you can't understand a note.

For closer i think that if avishai is new to you this CD is pretty awsome i think but for the old listeners like me i think he's getting less intresting as time goes by...

Mark Perna · #6 06-11-2008, 06:01 PM

Interesting. I think Gently Disturbed is his best album in quite a while. I've been spinning it almost non-stop since I got it.

mark

Marc Piane · #7 06-12-2008, 12:41 AM

I can't stop playing it. I've had it since last Friday and I have been listening to it non-stop. The groove on Pinzkin Kinzin is incredible and the bass break. 17/8 or something. Who knows, who cares. It grooves so hard.

Alistair R · #8 06-12-2008, 03:20 AM

+1. I reckon it's a fantastic album. I've also got his Live at the Blue Note and some of the songs are the same or similar under different titles..But one of things that I like about it so much is his tone...It's so full and pronounced...Awesome work.....Massive sound.

Marc Piane · #9 09-08-2008, 02:53 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTSOADcHQDY

A live Youtube clip from that record. Jeez.

Uncletoad · #10 09-08-2008, 02:59 PM

Total badass.

damonsmith · #11 09-09-2008, 12:41 PM

He sounds good, but there is something more. I know politics are taboo here, but having been to Israel 3 times I can say I could really feel the pressure of the political struggles and at first it seems like it is specific to the region but it is also things many of the countries in the world - especially the US is wrapped up in.
The point being, you just cannot escape the weight of history and politics (and let's not get the thread locked by posting opinions on the subject) there and I think the one positive place it manifest is in the art and music.

I recorded some very nice duets with a teacher of his in Jerusalem, JC Jones, a fantastic bass player.
It was an interesting day, I spent the day walking through the old city it was the day after an incident, and things were really tense. Then I got a pita full of Chicken hearts and livers and went to the studio.

**Jeremy Allen** · #12 09-09-2008, 06:34 PM

I've listened to the album several times and I enjoy it. I understand the criticisms of it, and several came to mind upon my first listening, but I find Avishai's energy to be infectious and the attitude of the whole band is wonderful and comes across clearly in the recording. Some of the grooves are such a wonderful combination of simple and complex...it's nice stuff.

To sort of echo Damon, and not to start a big discussion or flame war, but whenever I've played with Israeli jazz musicians (and there seem to be many of them), they all happened to have exhibited an intensity and focus that was significant enough for me to take note of it. I definitely get that vibe from Avishai Cohen, too.

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #13 09-01-2009, 05:36 AM

I just got this one and am enjoying it a lot so far. His recorded sound is absolutely gorgeous. My favorite disc of his is still "At Home", but I'll have to spend some time with this. I've seen him play three times (twice with Sam Barsh and once with Shai Maestro), and they put on a great show. Guiliana is brilliant.

eucalyptus · #14 09-01-2009, 02:12 PM

that one tune Cohen wrote called 'leolam' is really nice. not sure what album it's on..

edit: oh, it's on 'aurora', 2009. here's a clip: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A457q0W-Djs

**Chris Fitzgerald** · #15 09-10-2009, 08:53 PM

I've been spending some more time with this recording, and it continues to amaze. This is the work of a mature and original artist speaking in his own voice. The young pianist is fantastic. Joyous musical dancing all around. This one will be in rotation for quite awhile.

jallen97 · #16 09-10-2009, 09:01 PM

Marcus Johnson · #17 09-10-2009, 09:19 PM

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Mark Perna · #18 09-10-2009, 09:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Chris Fitzgerald

I've been spending some more time with this recording, and it continues to amaze. This is the work of a mature and original artist speaking in his own voice. The young pianist is fantastic. Joyous musical dancing all around. This one will be in rotation for quite awhile.

Completely agree. I've been listening to this one for a year. I put it in my ipod and never took it out. Listen to it every couple of months.

mark

emilio g · #19 09-14-2009, 12:13 AM

Mark Guiliana grew up in my town. He had the same teachers as me in school...I even got a few drum lessons from him when he was still around.

If that weren't the case, I'd still be crazy about Avishai's music, but because someone so close to home is so deeply involved in the music, it REALLY makes an impression on me every time they do a new album, or I can catch them playing somewhere.