Trio Brasileiro Archive

Anat COHEN, Marcello GONCALVES, Trio Brasileiro: Outra Coisa & Rosa Dos Ventos – Anzic

by Audiophile Audition | May 26, 2017 | Jazz CD Reviews, Pop/Rock/World CD Reviews

Anat COHEN & Marcello GONCALVES: Outra Coisa: “The Music of Moacir Santos” – Anzic 0055, 46:45 (4/28/17) *****: Anat COHEN & Trio Brasileiro: Rosa Dos Ventos – Anzic 0057, 48:40 (4/28/17) ****: Anat Cohen fronts two small ensembles on a double release of stupendously creative and exciting music which draws its inspiration from choro, jazz and the compositions of Moacir Santos. Among Anat Cohen’s bona fides in the jazz world are 8 Down Beat Clarinetist of the Year Awards. As exalted as she is modern jazz scene, she would, by her own account, prefer to play Brazilian music. She has made a deep study of the older tradition of Chorinho, which is characterized by a lively rhythms and sophisticated compositions. Like its nearest period equivalent, Ragtime, it relies on embellishment of melodies rather than long passages of improvisation. It is inevitable, however, that Anat Cohen would expand the range of the older form with all manner of improvisational vitality. Yet in the end she is an authentic and especially joyful expression of this pre-bossa nova idiom. On Rosa dos Ventos, Ms. Cohen collaborates with Trio Brasileiro on a dozen charts which have one foot in the compositional style of Chorinho […]