Unity (Avishai Cohen album)

Unity
Studio album by Avishai Cohen
Released	April 24, 2001
Genre	Jazz, Post Bop
Label	Stretch Records

Unity is the 4th studio album by Israeli jazz bassist Avishai Cohen, released in 2001.

The album presents a project named "The International Vamp Band", a band with five members (not including Cohen), from four different countries: Avi Lebovich and Yagil Baras from Israel, Diego Urcola from Argentina, Antonio Sanchez from Mexico, and Yosvany Terry from Cuba.

The musical genre of the album is inspired by all four cultures, and it combines the roots of Jazz, Latin, Classical Music and Worldbeat. The album and the band names refers to this combination of international styles, and it delivers a message of unity and world peace.

In this album Cohen lays down the double bass, his specialty, in favor of the piano (the first instrument he had learned). Baras, who also played in Cohen's album Colors of 2000, replaces him on the double bass.

Track listing

All tracks written by Avishai Cohen except where indicated

1. "Short Story" – 6:55
2. "Vamp" – 7:26
3. "Etude" – 7:51
4. "Float" – 6:16
5. "Island Man" - 6:14
6. "Pause" - 1:10
7. "Jazz Condo" - 3:20
8. "Song For My Brother" - 4:25
9. "A Child Is Born" - 7:15 (by Thad Jones)
10. "Yagla" - 6:15
11. "To The Love" - 5:36

Personnel

• Avishai Cohen - piano, electric bass, vocals
• Antonio Sanchez - drums, vocals
• Diego Urcola - trumpet, flugelhorn
• Yosvany Terry - alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Avi Lebovich - trombone, vocals
• Yagil Baras - upright bass

References

External links

• Avishai Cohen's website