The New Album:
Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Bloom

Anat Cohen’s newest release is Bloom, the second album by her foursome Quartetinho (pronounced “quartet-CHIN-yo”). The band name is Portuguese for “little quartet,” although the players make a big, color-rich sound, each an ace on multiple instruments: Anat on various clarinets, Tal Mashiach on bass and guitar, Vitor Gonçalves on piano and accordion, and James Shipp on vibraphone and percussion. Bloom showcases compositions by each member of the band, as well as a lovely, lyrical take on Thelonious Monk’s “Trinkle, Tinkle” and an expansive arrangement of Paraguayan guitarist-composer Augustín Barrios Mangoré’s classic “La Catedral.”

Reflecting on the way Quartetinho inspires her, Anat says: “This band really seems to bring out the dedication to song in my playing, in everyone’s playing. I know that I feel a lot of support from the group when I’m playing melodies. There’s a lot of respect in Quartetinho for melody and lyricism, as well as for the various traditions we get into, whether it’s jazz or samba or Israeli folk music or the American songbook. That said, these are fearless musicians I’m playing with, so sometimes things can get a bit wild on stage. It’s important to balance a respect for these deep traditions with the chutzpah to say something personal, to be real. In this sense, I feel like the guys are in tune with my various personalities and we bring out the best in each other.”

Thinking further about the cultural message “between the notes” of this music, Anat concludes: “It would make me very happy if when people hear us live or listen to one of our records, they get a sense of ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way.’ All of this takes real effort, mastering an art, engaging in a conversation and listening to each other, doing what it takes to share something meaningful — and listening for the audience takes real effort, too, to be fully present in the moment, to be in tune with what’s happening on stage or with what someone put down on a record. In this day and age, so many things about living in the world can be painful. I know that music is the only place where I feel completely safe. This band makes me feel that everything is possible and accepted. We should treasure these experiences, make the most of the journey. I hope people come along and they experience the music of Bloom as we do, as something positive, uniting, joyful.”

The New Album:
Anat Cohen Quartetinho
Bloom

Anat Cohen’s newest release is Bloom, the second album by her foursome Quartetinho (pronounced “quartet-CHIN-yo”). The band name is Portuguese for “little quartet,” although the players make a big, color-rich sound, each an ace on multiple instruments: Anat on various clarinets, Tal Mashiach on bass and guitar, Vitor Gonçalves on piano and accordion, and James Shipp on vibraphone and percussion. Bloom showcases compositions by each member of the band, as well as a lovely, lyrical take on Thelonious Monk’s “Trinkle, Tinkle” and an expansive arrangement of Paraguayan guitarist-composer Augustín Barrios Mangoré’s classic “La Catedral.”

Reflecting on the way Quartetinho inspires her, Anat says: “This band really seems to bring out the dedication to song in my playing, in everyone’s playing. I know that I feel a lot of support from the group when I’m playing melodies. There’s a lot of respect in Quartetinho for melody and lyricism, as well as for the various traditions we get into, whether it’s jazz or samba or Israeli folk music or the American songbook. That said, these are fearless musicians I’m playing with, so sometimes things can get a bit wild on stage. It’s important to balance a respect for these deep traditions with the chutzpah to say something personal, to be real. In this sense, I feel like the guys are in tune with my various personalities and we bring out the best in each other.”

Thinking further about the cultural message “between the notes” of this music, Anat concludes: “It would make me very happy if when people hear us live or listen to one of our records, they get a sense of ‘where there’s a will, there’s a way.’ All of this takes real effort, mastering an art, engaging in a conversation and listening to each other, doing what it takes to share something meaningful — and listening for the audience takes real effort, too, to be fully present in the moment, to be in tune with what’s happening on stage or with what someone put down on a record. In this day and age, so many things about living in the world can be painful. I know that music is the only place where I feel completely safe. This band makes me feel that everything is possible and accepted. We should treasure these experiences, make the most of the journey. I hope people come along and they experience the music of Bloom as we do, as something positive, uniting, joyful.”

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