Photo used with permission from David Margolis. Credit: Shervin Lainez
Israeli Clarinetist, Saxophonist, Composer, and Bandleader • Born in 1979 • Jazz and Post-Bop
Fast Facts
- Born in Tel Aviv, Israel
- Plays the clarinet and saxophone
- Studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA
- Currently lives in New York City
- Served in the Israeli military and performed in the Israeli Air Force band
- Began her career touring with an all-woman big band called the Diva Orchestra
- Founder and bandleader of the Anat Cohen Tentet
- Declared Clarinetist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association every year since 2007
- Heavily influenced by Brazilian music and Latin traditions
- Performs and records with her brothers, trumpeter Avishai Cohen and saxophonist Yuval Cohen
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