Emmet Cohen

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Emmet Cohen (born May 25, 1990 ) is an American jazz musician ( piano , organ , composition ) of modern jazz .

Live and act

Cohen began playing the piano when he was three; he then had a classical piano training according to the Suzuki method. He grew up in Miami and Montclair, New Jersey; he finally studied at the University of Miami (Bachelor) and at the Manhattan School of Music , where he received his master's degree. In 2010 he recorded his debut album In the Element with Greg Gisbert , Joe Sanders and Rodney Green ; further recordings were made in the 2010s with Eric Miller ( Trust Your Intuition ), Brian Lynch , Veronica Swift and Herlin Riley ( New Direction ).

In 2011 he was a finalist at the Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition in Washington, DC In 2011 and in 2015 he was a finalist at the American Pianists Awards , which he finally won in 2019.

Under his own name, Cohen recorded two albums under the title Masters Legacy Series that deal with the history of jazz . Contributing musicians were jazz veterans Jimmy Cobb , Ron Carter , as well as Yasushi Nakamura and Evan Sherman . In the field of jazz, he was involved in six recording sessions between 2010 and 2017. Cohen has performed in New York jazz clubs such as Birdland , Blue Note , Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola , as well as Jazzhus Montmartre and Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club . As a Hammond B-3 player, he made a guest appearance at Club Smoke . Cohen lives in Harlem, New York.

Discographic notes

  • Brian Lynch & Emmet Cohen: Questioned Answer (Hollistic MusicWorks, 2014)
  • Emmet Cohen: Master Legacy Series Volume 1 (Cellar Live, 2016), with Yasushi Nakamura, Jimmy Cobb
  • Emmet Cohen: Masters Legacy Series Volume 2 (Cellar Live. 2016), with Ron Carter, Evan Sherman
  • Dirty in Detroit , with Russell Hall , Kyle Poole

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Emmet Cohen. American Pianists Association, January 1, 2018, accessed March 17, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b Domenica Bongiovanni: This jazz pianist met Obama in the Oval Office. Now the musician is up for a big Indy award. Indy Star, February 23, 2019, accessed March 17, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Tom Lord : The Jazz Discography (online, accessed March 17, 2019)
personal data
SURNAME Cohen, Emmet
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician (piano, organ)
DATE OF BIRTH May 25, 1990