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- Name: Emmet Cohen
- City/Place: New York City
- Country: United States
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“On this live recording at the Dirty Dog Café, just outside of Detroit, ghosts are floating above the stage. Jelly Roll Morton and Fats Waller are there, no doubt admiring Cohen’s left hand, as he strides through a rendition of Waller’s formidable étude “Handful of Keys”. Cohen’s right is tossing off shimmering passages, conjuring apparitions of Duke Ellington, Earl Hines and Art Tatum...Flying close to these celestial luminaries risks a scorching comparison. Cohen would be the first to acknowledge that he hasn’t bested the heavyweights, but by deciding to play ball, he surely honors what they’ve achieved. One final feat Cohen and his trio are able to procure from the old-timers here is to make virtuosic, breathtaking music carefree and entertaining, an under-appreciated, yet visceral, proof of early-jazz greatness.”
— Gary Fukushima, Downbeat
Life & Work
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Bio:
Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is in the vanguard of his generation's advancement of music and the related arts. A recognized prodigy, Cohen began Suzuki method piano instruction at age three, and his playing quickly became a mature melding of musicality, technique, and concept. Downbeat observed that his "nimble touch, measured stride and warm harmonic vocabulary indicate he's above any convoluted technical showmanship." Cohen notes that performing jazz is "about communicating the deepest levels of humanity and individuality; it's essentially about connections," both among musicians and with audiences. He leads his namesake ensemble, the "Emmet Cohen Trio," is a vibrant solo performer, and is in constant demand as a sideman. Possessing a fluid technique, an innovative tonal palette, and an extensive repertoire, Cohen plays with the command and passion of an artist fully devoted to his medium.
Cohen has achieved a comprehensive position in the world of the creative arts that extends beyond keyboard performance. He serves as an international clinician through programs such as Lincoln Center's "Jazz for Young People"; however, in his role as a master teacher he reaches learners of all ages. Himself an alumnus of the YoungArts Foundation, Cohen now curates multidisciplinary YoungArts programs nationally that include creative writing, theater, dance, visual arts, cinematography, music, voice, and jazz. Through designing curricula and selecting master artists as teachers and mentors, Cohen establishes an atmosphere in which student performers become responsive to their audiences. Cohen has also assisted in developing interdisciplinary programs directed by choreographers Debbie Allen and Bill T. Jones.
In addition to leading the "Emmet Cohen Trio," Cohen has appeared regularly with Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Jimmy Cobb, George Coleman, Jimmy Heath, Tootie Heath, Houston Person, Kurt Elling, Billy Hart, Brian Lynch, and Lea DeLaria, among others. He is a member of Christian McBride's trio "Tip City" and serves as pianist and music director for jazz vocalist Veronica Swift. In recent years, Cohen held membership in both the "Herlin Riley Quintet" and the "Ali Jackson Trio." He is a Mack Avenue recording artist whose premier CD on that label, "Future Stride" (2021), features contemporary stars Marquis Hill and Melissa Aldana. Cohen's other recordings include "Masters Legacy Series Volume 4: George Coleman" (2019); "Masters Legacy Series Volume 3: Benny Golson and Tootie Heath" (2019); "Dirty in Detroit" (2018); "Masters Legacy Series Volume 2: Ron Carter" (2018), a Downbeat top-rated album; "Masters Legacy Series Volume 1: Jimmy Cobb" (2017); "Questioned Answer" (2014), co-produced with Brian Lynch; "Infinity" (2013), featuring his Italian trio: and his acclaimed debut CD "In the Element" (2011), with bassist Joe Sanders and drummer Rodney Green.
Emmet Cohen is the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards and the Cole Porter Fellow of the American Pianists Association, and Artist-in-Residence at the University of Indianapolis. He placed first in both the 2014 American Jazz Pianists Competition and the 2011 Phillips Piano Competition at the University of West Florida and, as a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition, he was received in the Oval Office by President Obama. Cohen has appeared in varied international jazz events, including the Newport, Monterey, Detroit, North Sea, Bern, Edinburgh, and Jerusalem jazz festivals, as well as the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia. He has also performed at the Village Vanguard, the Blue Note, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Birdland, Jazz Standard, London's Ronnie Scott's, Jazzhaus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Lincoln Center's Rose Hall, the Cotton Club in Tokyo, and Washington's Kennedy Center. For many years he was Hammond B-3 organist-in-residence at Harlem's SMOKE jazz club.
Cohen holds a Masters Degree from the Manhattan School of Music and a Bachelors Degree from the University of Miami's Frost School of Music, where he studied with the esteemed pianist and educator Shelly Berg. In his formative years he was tutored in classical piano at the Manhattan School of Music's Pre-College Division.
Contact Information
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Management/Booking:
MANAGEMENT
heyemmet@gmail.com
BOOKING
North America
Epstein & Company
michael@epsteinco.com
256-344-7469
www.epsteinco.com
Worldwide, excluding North America
Music Works International
katherine@musicworksinternational.com
781-300-7580
www.musicworksinternational.com
PUBLICITY
Maureen McFadden
DL Media
maureen@dlmediamusic.com
215-292-4032
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- ▶ YouTube Music: http://music.youtube.com/channel/UCPcNAJmIFJfSJWs_HeKwNgA
- ▶ Spotify: http://open.spotify.com/album/6nGurFCYFgfbZvyA7MB3sk
- ▶ Spotify 2: http://open.spotify.com/album/4s7rQ8VXYPVqeTVnJRigu6
- ▶ Spotify 3: http://open.spotify.com/album/3QSHQD4SWb6Hf5Abqsp661
- ▶ Spotify 4: http://open.spotify.com/album/45SDmjxiOQbr0WFhIzdi07
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- ▶ Spotify 6: http://open.spotify.com/album/4HF7cR2q8WGzes2JDvKKW4
- ▶ Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/07/arts/music/emmet-cohen-american-pianists-associations-prize.html
- ▶ Article 2: http://downbeat.com/news/detail/pianist-emmet-cohen-combines-retro-modern-styles
- ▶ Article 3: http://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/06/emmet-cohen-future-stride-review-piano-1920s-harlem
Clips (more may be added)
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Emmet Cohen w/ Joe Magnarelli & Jerry Weldon | Ow!
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Emmet Cohen w/ Jerry Weldon & Joe Magnarelli | Chasin' The Bird
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Emmet Cohen w/ Jerry Weldon & Joe Magnarelli | Driftin
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Emmet Cohen w/ Lucy Yeghiazaryan & Grant Stewart | Rocks in My Bed
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Emmet Cohen w/ Grant Stewart | The Best Thing For You
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Emmet Cohen Stride Piano - feat. Michela Lerman | Symphonic Raps
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Emmet Cohen Trio - If This Isn't Love
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Hatzi Kaddish
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