Anat Cohen (, born 1975) is a New York City-based jazz clarinetist, saxophonist, and bandleader from Tel Aviv, Israel.

Biography

Cohen began playing clarinet and saxophone. In 1996, she studied at the Berklee College of Music. She has also recorded with her brothers Avishai Cohen (trumpeter) and Yuval Cohen (alto and soprano saxophonist). Her debut album, Place & Time, featuring Jason Lindner, Ben Street, Jeff Ballard, and Avishai Cohen, was released in 2005 on Anzic Records. Her most recent album as leader, with the Anat Cohen Tentet, was Triple Helix, released in 2019 also on Anzic Records. Cohen performs regularly and has appeared at a number of notable jazz festivals, including the Newport Jazz Festival, Montreal International Jazz Festival, Tudo É Jazz Festival, and the North Sea Jazz Festival.

Awards

In 2007 she won the awards for "Up and Coming Artist" and "Clarinetist of the Year" from the Jazz Journalists Association. She was also voted "Clarinetist of the Year" every year between 2008 and 2023 and honored as "Multi-Reedist of the Year" in 2012, 2013, 2015, and 2017 by the Jazz Journalists Association. She has received multiple citations in DownBeat magazine's annual critics' and readers' polls in multiple categories: "Rising Star" in the tenor saxophone (2012), "Rising Star" in the soprano saxophone (2013), and top ranking in the clarinet (2010-2023). On 12 July 2013, she received the 2013 Paul Acket Award from the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam from the BNP Foundation. On 27 November 2017, she was nominated for two Grammy Awards - for Outra Coisa: The Music Of Moacir Santos (with Marcello Goncalves) in the "Best Latin Jazz Album" category and for Rosa Dos Ventos (with Trio Brasileiro) in the "Best World Music Album" category. She was nominated for a Grammy in 2019 for Triple Helix in the "Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album" category.

Discography

As Leader With The Anzic Orchestra With The Choro Ensemble With 3 Cohens With Cyro Baptista Brazilian style With Quartetinho With The Anat Cohen Tentet With Fred Hersch