Anat cohen biography

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