Anat Cohen & Trio Brasiliero

Rosa Dos Ventos

Released: April 2017

Rosa Dos Ventos (“Wind Rose,” or weather-vane) continues Anat’s kindred-spirit collaboration with Trio Brasileiro, with the album’s title hinting at the way fresh inspirations pass into their music like a breeze. They previously paired up for the 2015 Anzic Records album "Alegria da Casa. In the liner essay to that first album, Brazilian pianist Jovino Santos Neto wrote about how the sound of these musicians playing together transports him not to a concert hall but “to a happy gathering of friends in botequim, or corner bar in a small Brazilian town, where the music flows spontaneously and everyone takes part in the roda, also known as the circle of musicians.”

DownBeat describes Rosa Dos Ventos as "spacious music, with plenty of infectious melodies." The album features a dozen original compositions in the choro style, including three by Cohen. Cohen's collaborators on this enticing, cohesive program are the members of Trio Brasileiro—Dudu Maia (who plays an instrument similar to a mandolin, the 10-string bandolim), Douglas Lora (guitar), and his brother Alexandre Lora (percussion, hand pans, and the pandeiro, a Brazilian frame drum)—as well as percussionist Luiz Ungarelli, who plays congas on two tracks. Whether she’s accompanying her bandmates in a quintet setting or delving into a spare dialogue with Douglas’ seven-string guitar, Cohen consistently delivers memorable clarinet lines.