Avishai Cohen
Credited as Avishai
Born in Israel in 1970, Cohen began his musical studies on piano. The family moved to St. Louis for a while during his teen years, where Cohen picked up his passion for jazz, and switched to bass. After returning to Israel for a few years, he moved to New York in 1992, where he began making his mark on the jazz scene.
After attending both the New School and Mannes College of Music in New York, Israeli-born Avishai Cohen performed with such fellow students as pianist Brad Mehldau, and after taking lessons from bassist Andy Gonzalez, he peformed in a Latin jazz band that included Abie Rodriguez and Ray Santiago.