Avishai Cohen & The International Vamp Band

b. 20 Apr 1970, Naharia, Israel. Cohen examined piano from age 11 and shortly afterwards started developing a pastime in jazz. When he was 14, his family members moved to the united states, settling in St. Louis, Missouri. Although he performed piano in a higher school jazz music group, he then turned to electrical bass which device a prime impact was Jaco Pastorius. Back Israel, from his middle- to past due teens he analyzed in the Jerusalem Music & Arts SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL before military services intervened. Upon time for civilian life in the beginning of the 90s he resumed playing however now within the acoustic bass. In 1992, he came back to the united states and in NEW YORK worked on building sites while he produced contacts among jazz music artists. His skill was quickly identified and he and drummer Jorge Roffi toured Spain with Brad Mehldau. Cohen also gigged with a lot of New York’s leading players, including Ravi Coltrane, Paquito D’Rivera, Roy Hargrove, Wynton Marsalis, Leon Parker, Danilo Perez and Joshua Redman. It had been with Perez that he produced most impact, showing up on 1996’s Panamonk. Following a demonstration tape was noticed by Chick Corea, Cohen authorized with Corea’s Stretch out Records to create his debut as innovator with Adama. In 1998, he became a member of Corea’s new music group, Origin, showing up on Originations and Recent, Present & Futures. Among additional performers with whom Cohen offers performed are Nnenna Freelon and Claudia Acuña. Eclectic in his musical passions, Cohen occasionally brings into modern jazz certain areas of Middle Eastern and Israeli music.