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1. Avishai Cohen (born 1970 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He was raised by a musical family, and as a child he started playing piano. After a few years he moved to the bass guitar. Later, after playing in the army for a while, he moved to New York City. After performing some small clubs, he was noticed by Chick Corea and was given a record contract. He has performed in two of Chick Corea's bands, "Origin" and the "Chick Corea New Trio".
After having recorded "Adama" in 1997 and "Colors" three years later, Avishai decided to create his own label in 2003. The label released its debut CD, "Lyla" in September 2003. In February of 2005 Razdaz Recordz released "At Home", an album that was arguably Avishai Cohen's most compelling and striking new recording to date.
That is until the artist conceived of, and recorded his newest studio CD, the spectacularly beautiful, "Continuo". Cohen’s third recording on his label Razdaz Recordz, and his seventh as a leader, was recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden in December 2005 with Avishai's core trio of pianist/keyboardist Sam Barsh and drummer/percussionist Mark Guiliana.
New album "Gently Disturbed" released in 2008 performed by Avishai's trio. Avishai also shows more of his "Avishai Cohen & Ensemble" on their world tour.
2. Avishai E. Cohen - trumpet player, who received the Clark Terry award. He recorded under his own name, with his brother and sister as the '3 Cohens', and with 'Third World Love'. Bio excerpt from his website (http://www.avishaicohenmusic.com/):
Albums under his own name are The Trumpet Player & After the Big Rain & Triveni II
Avishai Cohen is a leading figure on the international jazz scene and one of the most sought-after players of his generation — “an assertive and accomplished trumpeter with a taste for modernism,” according to Nate Chinen of The New York Times. Though deeply rooted in the bebop and post-bop tradition, Avishai is taking jazz in new directions, making waves as an improviser, composer and bandleader. Originally from Tel Aviv, he began performing at age 10. He toured the world with the Young Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and went on to become the trumpet player of choice for many leading jazz, rock, pop, studio and television projects. He received a full scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and in 1997 he placed third in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Trumpet Competition.
Avishai came of age as part of the fertile scene at Smalls, the storied New York jazz club, where he developed his artistic vision alongside such friends and colleagues as pianist Jason Lindner, bassist Omer Avital and vocalist Claudia Acuña. Here the imperatives of jazz tradition and innovation were not in conflict, but rather merged into one powerful creative stream. Avishai flourished in an environment where hard-driving swing, open-ended funk, Latin and Middle Eastern rhythms, complex extended forms and free improvisation converged under one roof, drawing enthusiastic audiences. All of Avishai’s diverse work, as a leader, co-leader and sideman, is informed by this broad-minded legacy, which has given jazz new vitality and relevance in the 21st century.
Avishai made his debut as a leader in 2003 with The Trumpet Player, a burning straightahead session with bassist John Sullivan (Roy Haynes), drummer Jeff Ballard (Chick Corea, Pat Metheny) and special guest Joel Frahm on tenor. His second album, After the Big Rain, is the last part of “The Big Rain Trilogy,” a series of recordings that is now nearing completion. The trilogy also includes Before the Big Rain (part one), a large-group outing, and The Big Rain (part two), a trio encounter with Yonatan Avishai on piano and Daniel Freedman on percussion. Avishai’s music is alternately moody and joyous, richly atmospheric yet beat-driven and grooving, suffused with compositional depth, inspired improvisation and a profound world-music influence. Avishai plays open and muted trumpet but also routes his horn through electronic effects that range from the dreamy to the snarling and distorted. He’s been developing these sounds over the course of the last decade. “When I play effects, I play a different instrument,” he says. “The whole concept changes.”
Avishai’s other credits range from touring with the celebrated French-American singer-songwriter Keren Ann, to sharing the stage with the great Bobby Hutcherson in the all-star San Francisco Jazz Collective. In addition, Avishai is the co-leader of Third World Love, with Omer Avital, drummer Daniel Freedman and pianist Yonatan Avishai, a group with four recordings to its credit. He also leads a funk-oriented band with bassist Me’shell Ndegeocello and drummer Adam Deitch, and continues to perform extensively with the 3 Cohens, which he formed with his sister Anat and brother Yuval, both gifted reeds players. With his incredible instrumental skill and world-spanning musical interests, Avishai, in the words of critic Ben Ratliff, “has all the power and tenacity he’s going to need.
Avishai is the chosen artist of Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence) since 2004.
1. Avishai Cohen (born 1970 in Jerusalem) is an Israeli jazz bassist, composer and arranger. He was raised by a musical family, and as a child he started playing piano. After a few years he moved to the bass guitar. Later, after playing in the army for a while, he moved to New York City. After performing some small clubs, he was noticed by Chick Corea and was given a record contract. He has performed in two of Chick Corea's bands, "Origin" and the "Chick Corea New Trio".
After having recorded "Adama" in 1997 and "Colors" three years later, Avishai decided to create his own label in 2003. The label released its debut CD, "Lyla" in September 2003. In February of 2005 Razdaz Recordz released "At Home", an album that was arguably Avishai Cohen's most compelling and striking new recording to date.
That is until the artist conceived of, and recorded his newest studio CD, the spectacularly beautiful, "Continuo". Cohen’s third recording on his label Razdaz Recordz, and his seventh as a leader, was recorded in Gothenburg, Sweden in December 2005 with Avishai's core trio of pianist/keyboardist Sam Barsh and drummer/percussionist Mark Guiliana.
New album "Gently Disturbed" released in 2008 performed by Avishai's trio. Avishai also shows more of his "Avishai Cohen & Ensemble" on their world tour.
2. Avishai E. Cohen - trumpet player, who received the Clark Terry award. He recorded under his own name, with his brother and sister as the '3 Cohens', and with 'Third World Love'. Bio excerpt from his website (http://www.avishaicohenmusic.com/):
Albums under his own name are The Trumpet Player & After the Big Rain & Triveni II
Avishai Cohen is a leading figure on the international jazz scene and one of the most sought-after players of his generation — “an assertive and accomplished trumpeter with a taste for modernism,” according to Nate Chinen of The New York Times. Though deeply rooted in the bebop and post-bop tradition, Avishai is taking jazz in new directions, making waves as an improviser, composer and bandleader. Originally from Tel Aviv, he began performing at age 10. He toured the world with the Young Israeli Philharmonic Orchestra and went on to become the trumpet player of choice for many leading jazz, rock, pop, studio and television projects. He received a full scholarship to attend the Berklee College of Music in Boston, and in 1997 he placed third in the prestigious Thelonious Monk Jazz Trumpet Competition.
Avishai came of age as part of the fertile scene at Smalls, the storied New York jazz club, where he developed his artistic vision alongside such friends and colleagues as pianist Jason Lindner, bassist Omer Avital and vocalist Claudia Acuña. Here the imperatives of jazz tradition and innovation were not in conflict, but rather merged into one powerful creative stream. Avishai flourished in an environment where hard-driving swing, open-ended funk, Latin and Middle Eastern rhythms, complex extended forms and free improvisation converged under one roof, drawing enthusiastic audiences. All of Avishai’s diverse work, as a leader, co-leader and sideman, is informed by this broad-minded legacy, which has given jazz new vitality and relevance in the 21st century.
Avishai made his debut as a leader in 2003 with The Trumpet Player, a burning straightahead session with bassist John Sullivan (Roy Haynes), drummer Jeff Ballard (Chick Corea, Pat Metheny) and special guest Joel Frahm on tenor. His second album, After the Big Rain, is the last part of “The Big Rain Trilogy,” a series of recordings that is now nearing completion. The trilogy also includes Before the Big Rain (part one), a large-group outing, and The Big Rain (part two), a trio encounter with Yonatan Avishai on piano and Daniel Freedman on percussion. Avishai’s music is alternately moody and joyous, richly atmospheric yet beat-driven and grooving, suffused with compositional depth, inspired improvisation and a profound world-music influence. Avishai plays open and muted trumpet but also routes his horn through electronic effects that range from the dreamy to the snarling and distorted. He’s been developing these sounds over the course of the last decade. “When I play effects, I play a different instrument,” he says. “The whole concept changes.”
Avishai’s other credits range from touring with the celebrated French-American singer-songwriter Keren Ann, to sharing the stage with the great Bobby Hutcherson in the all-star San Francisco Jazz Collective. In addition, Avishai is the co-leader of Third World Love, with Omer Avital, drummer Daniel Freedman and pianist Yonatan Avishai, a group with four recordings to its credit. He also leads a funk-oriented band with bassist Me’shell Ndegeocello and drummer Adam Deitch, and continues to perform extensively with the 3 Cohens, which he formed with his sister Anat and brother Yuval, both gifted reeds players. With his incredible instrumental skill and world-spanning musical interests, Avishai, in the words of critic Ben Ratliff, “has all the power and tenacity he’s going to need.
Avishai is the chosen artist of Israel Cultural Excellence Foundation (IcExcellence) since 2004.
Shuvi Elai
Avishai Cohen Lyrics
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אם תלכי הלילה לבדך
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
ואם תבקשי את חום גופי
אני אצא אל הלילה
אחפש כוכב שיאיר דרכי
אם תלכי הלילה לבדך
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
ואם תבקשי את חום גופי
אני אצא אל הלילה
אחפש כוכב שיאיר דרכי
ואותי אלייך יביא
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
אם תלכי הלילה לבדך
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
אם תלכי הלילה לבדך
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
ואם תבקשי את חום גופי
אני אצא אל הלילה
אחפש כוכב שיאיר דרכי
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
ואם תבקשי את חום גופי
אני אצא אל הלילה
אחפש כוכב שיאיר דרכי
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
ואם תבקשי את חום גופי
אני אצא אל הלילה
אחפש כוכב שיאיר דרכי
ואותי אלייך יביא
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
אם תלכי הלילה לבדך
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
אם תלכי הלילה לבדך
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
תמלא את גופך
ואם תבקשי את חום גופי
אני אצא אל הלילה
אחפש כוכב שיאיר דרכי
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
The lyrics of Avishai Cohen's "Shuvi Elai" is a call to a loved one who is lost or wandering away. It starts by saying that if the person being addressed walks alone at night, the stars will accompany her, the sea breeze will whisper into her heart and fill her body. The lyrics reassure the listener that if she ever needs warmth, the singer will go out into the night to look for a star that will light her way.
The chorus "Shuvi Elai" (come back to me) emphasizes the need for the person to return. The repetition of the line "Shuvi Elai, Shuvi Elinu," (come back to me, come back to us) further emphasizes the significance and urgency of the message. The lyrics repeatedly express that the singer is willing to go to great lengths to bring the person being addressed back, even to walk through the night, to find a guiding light.
The song, therefore, conveys the message of longing for a loved one's return and the willingness to go out of the way to ensure that it happens. The words are poignant, with the melody creating a soothing ambiance. Cohen's gentle bass and soft vocals are a perfect match for the song's mood, making it a heart-warming composition.
Line by Line Meaning
אם תלכי הלילה לבדך
If you walk alone tonight
הכוכבים ילוו אותך
The stars will accompany you
רוח ים תלחש אל תוך ליבך
The sea wind will whisper into your heart
תמלא את גופך
You will fill your body
ואם תבקשי את חום גופי
And if you ask for my body's warmth
אני אצא אל הלילה
I will go into the night
אחפש כוכב שיאיר דרכי
And search for a star to light my way
שובי אלי, שובי אלינו
Return to me, return to us
בשבילך, בשביל שנינו
For you, for both of us
Writer(s): Avishai Cohen
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@lauredavidovits4043
English Translation:
If you walk alone tonight
The stars will accompany you
The seas wind will whisper into your heart
Will fill your body
And if you ask for my body's warmth
I will go out to the night
Look for a star to guide my path
And will bring me to you
Return to me return to us
For me for the both of us
Traduction française
Si tu marches seule cette nuit
Les étoiles t'accompagneront
Le vent de la mer murmurera dans ton coeur
Et remplira ton corps
Et si tu demandes la chaleur de mon corps
Je sortirai cette nuit
Chercherai une étoile pour guider mon chemin
Qui m'amènera vers toi
Reviens vers moi, reviens vers nous
Pour moi, pour nous deux
(Magnifique chanson, envoutante, entêtante et qui fait du bien...!)
@AvishaiCohenMusic
The album "Sensitive Hours" is now finally reissued on all the digital platforms globally 🌍
Enjoy: https://avishaicohen.bfan.link/sensitivehours
@orenkrimchansky
Bro. There was a video of this song, you've recorded in a room with some friends an a woman that sings too. It begins with percussions and you play an electric bass. In the middle of the song there was some Arabic -oriental melody.That version is unmatchable.That video is not to be found anymore. Can you upload it?Thanks in advanced!
@tinylittlewonder9535
נדמה שאתה היוצר הכי מהמם שנתקלתי בו בשני האחרונות. הייתי בטוחה שזאת קלאסיקה ישראלית שאני לא מכירה כי השירים שלך גם בעברית וגם באנגלית יש בהם כל כך הרבה רגישות כמו שהיה כאן פעם בישראל לפני לפחות 30 -40 שנה. בקשה קטנה אישית ממני, תוציא עוד שירים , גם מלאכי השלום מושלם, גם שיר תקווה, גם ביחד עם רבע לאפריקה גם הג'אז הזה הנדיר שלך, הכל , פשוט כבר חרשתי על כל המוזיקה שלך ואנשים סביבי מבקשים חדש שלך ❤
@KjorkHagen
Trying to find new original Israeli singers. You belong to the rare I really appreciate. The composition of the melodies is fantastic, the lyrics in Hebrew offer a beautiful sound. The voice ...
There is a very subtle balance between modernity and traditional music. I didn't know Israeli music. Full of energy and enthusiasm...
So many thanks...
@ryszardarokosz3493
I am obsessed with this song, I listen to it over and over again
@babumark2499
..I don't understand it..BUT ITS BEAUTIFUL!!!!... I've become a huge fan!!!...lots of love from Kenya!!!
@angelar.sirvent5727
Elegante, envolvente....👏👏👏
@zagranichnayaelena7263
תודה רבה לך על השיר!👌🇮🇱🇺🇦
@emreminaz7667
Waiting since month this song🙏🏻
@maribelaranda8790
Que preciosidad. ganas de bailar,de felicidad.gracias eternas Avishal.