Playing the Room, a record pairing New York-based trumpet player Avishai Cohen and Burgundy-based pianist Yonathan Avishai, is a restrained and joyous affair. Their playing glows with a quiet delight, ...

Playing The Room bears testimony to the long musical friendship of Avishai Cohen and Yonathan Avishai. They began to explore jazz as teenagers in Tel Aviv, and have continued to play together over ...

To get an idea of the collective impact that Israeli musicians have had on American jazz in the past two decades, consider that when the name Avishai Cohen comes up these days, it must be specified ...