Interaction
All-Star Jazz Trio The 3 Cohens — Featuring Siblings Anat Cohen (Clarinet), Avishai Cohen (Trumpet), Yuval Cohen (Saxophone) — Return with Interaction, a Live Album with Germany’s Venerable WDR Big Band. Interaction captures The 3 Cohens and WDR ensemble joining forces for an evening of originals and classics arranged and conducted by Oded Lev-Ari.
The members of all-star family jazz band The 3 Cohens — featuring Anat Cohen (clarinet), Avishai Cohen (trumpet) and Yuval Cohen (soprano saxophone) — have always taken time out from their ever-burgeoning careers as soloists and bandleaders to reconvene for music-making together. The siblings developed a deep musical bond growing up in Tel Aviv, with improvising together becoming second nature for them. The 3 Cohens recorded four studio albums over a decade: 2003’s One, 2007’s Braid, 2011’s Family and 2013’s Tightrope, with the last three released by Anzic Records, the indie label founded by Anat with kindred-spirit producer-collaborator Oded Lev-Ari. DownBeat put The 3 Cohens — with Anat the middle child to the elder Yuval and younger Avishai — on the cover of its January 2012 issue, hailing the trio’s “chemistry, alchemy, telepathy.” Ten years on from that milestone, the 3 Cohens reunited for a live collaboration with Germany’s lauded WDR Big Band (a Köln-based ensemble that has been performing jazz on West German Radio since 1957); the program showcased tailormade arrangements by Lev-Ari of compositions by himself and each member of The 3 Cohens, as well as two of their favorite classics: Gerry Mulligan’s “Festive Minor” and the Louis Armstrong hit “Tiger Rag.” The performance was recorded for a very special live album, Interaction.
Track List:
- Shufla de Shufla [08:49]
- Catch of the Day (For A&M) [07:11]
- Tiger Rag [08:04]
- Naked Truth Pt. 2 [07:40]
- Festive Minor [04:18]
- Trills & Thrills [07:58]
- Footsteps & Smiles [07:03]
Credits:
released March 14, 2025
Yuval Cohen: Soprano Saxophone
Anat Cohen: Clarinet
Avishai Cohen: Trumpet and Effects
Oded Lev-Ari: Conductor
WDR Big Band:
Saxophones: Stefan Pfeifer-Galilea, Johan Hörlén, Paul Heller, Ben Fitzpatrick, Jens Neufang
Trumpets: Andy Haderer, Rob Bruynen, Wim Both, Ruud Breuls
Trombones: Raphael Klemm, Jonathan Böbel, Mattis Cederberg, Andy Hunter
Rhythm section: Billy Test (piano, Fender Rohdes), Hans Dekker (drum set), John Goldsby (double bass)
Recorded live at Kölner Philharmonie, June 16, 2022
Executive Producer: Arnd Richter
Recording Producer: Christian Schmitt
Recording Engineer: Walter Platte
Recording Technician: Raimund Wunderlich
Project Coordinator: Claudia Brede
Mixed by Christian Schmitt & Walter Platte
Mastered by: Christian Schmitt
Artwork & Design by: Sean Smith
Produced by: Oded Lev-Ari, Yuval, Anat and Avishai Cohen
