Anat Cohen & Marcello Gonçalves
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Monday, Mar 21, 2022 7pm
Location
Kuumbwa Jazz Center
320 Cedar St
Details
Ever charismatic, prolific, and inspired, Grammy-nominated clarinetist-saxophonist Anat Cohen has won hearts and minds the world over with her expressive virtuosity and delightful stage presence. The New York Times writes, “Ms. Cohen on the clarinet was a revelation. Using the clarinet’s upper register, she could evoke infectious joy. In the lower register, her playing could conjure a deep, soulful melancholy. On up-tempo numbers, her improvisations weren’t just bebop fast; they had a clarity and deep intelligence that is really quite rare. She made it look effortless, even as she was playing the most technically difficult of all the reed instruments… she took my breath away.” On their second album together, Reconvexo, Brazilian 7-string guitarist Marcello Gonçalves and Cohen, turn their attention to the deep well of music from the Música Popular Brasileira (MPB) songbook. As Marcello puts it: “I’ve been dreaming of Anat singing those words through her clarinet, imagining how her unique way of interpreting melodies would powerfully convey the message of the lyrics to anyone familiar with them, even when played instrumentally.”
