Artist: Anat Cohen & The Anzic Orchestra
Title Of Album: Noir
Year Of Release: June 12, 2007
Label: ANZIC RECORDS
Genre: Jazz, World Fusion, Gentle
Quality: MP3 / Joint Stereo
Bitrate: VBR kbit/s / 44.1 Khz
Total Time: 52:03 min
Total Size: 72,8 mb
WebSite: www.anatcohen.com

From "Noir" Liner Notes by Dan Morgenstern :
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There are moments in an artist's career when things come together in a special way, and Noir is such a moment for Anat Cohen. From the time I first encountered this remarkable musician in 200l I've been delighted and amazed at every hearing, live or recorded, in the many and varied settings that display her gifts. Anat is nothing if not multifaceted, and this fine album presents almost all these facets in the aggregate. (Almost-- since no record, no matter how great, can do full justice to a living, breathing, ever-developing creative multi-instrumentalist who will continue to surprise us.)

It brings together two main streams in Anat's musical world, big band jazz and Brazilian music, and it is also a reunion with an old friend, Oded Lev-Ari, who here comes into view as an arranger of great skill and originality. Together in high school in Tel Aviv, they both had classical training--she on clarinet, he on piano--and both discovered jazz about the same time... / read more /

TRACKLIST
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1. La Comparsa 4:47
2. No Moon At All 5:27
3. Carnaval De São Vicente 5:17
4. Do It 4:19
5. Cry Me a River 5:33
6. You Never Told Me That You Care 5:03
7. Samba De Orfeu/Struttin' With Some Barbeque 5:23
8. Cry 4:37
9. Bebê 6:11
10. Ingênuo 5:29

Personnel:
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ANAT COHEN - Tenor Alto Soprano Saxes/Clarinet ODED LEV-ARI - Arranger/Conductor Ted Nash - Alto Soprano Saxes/Flute Billy Drewes - Tenor Sax/Clarinet Scott Robinson - Baritone Sax/Bass Clarinet Frank Greene - Trumpet/Flugelhorn Tanya Darby - Trumpet/Flugelhorn Avishai Cohen - Trumpet/Flugelhorn Deborah Weisz - Trombone Yonatan Voltzok - Trombone Guilherme Monteiro - Guitars Barak Mori - Bass Ali Jackson Jr. - Drums Tracks 2/4/5/6/8 Antonio Sanchez - Drums Tracks 1/3/7/10 Duduka Da Fonseca - Drums Track 9 Percussion Tracks 3/7 Zй Maurнcio - Percussion Erik Friedlander - Cello Robert Burkhart - Cello Greg Heffernan - Cello Yuval Cohen - Soprano Sax Track 7