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Track Listings
| 1. El Capitan & The Ship At Sea |
| 2. The Gift |
| 3. Bass Suite #3 Part 1 |
| 4. Ot Kain |
| 5. Angels Of Peace |
| 6. Ti Da Doo Di Da |
| 7. Linda De Mi Corazon |
| 8. Deep Blue |
| 9. Igor |
| 10. Slow Tune |
| 11. Negril |
| 12. Musa |
| 13. Candela City |
| 14. Bass Suite #3 Part 2 |
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Devotion, bassist Avishai Cohen's follow-up to 1998's acclaimed Adama, is about as far-flung and exotic-sounding as an album can get while still remaining in the "jazz" bin. The Israeli-born Cohen, who also plays in pianist Chick Corea's band, has a penchant for Middle Eastern- and Sephardic-sounding melodies and textures, which is part of what sets Devotion apart from the crop of more traditional-sounding jazz albums. "The Gift" (dedicated to Corea), for example, starts with a lovely melody based on a traditional Israeli song before lifting off into uncharted territory with Jimmy Greene's soprano saxophone solo, while "Musa" features Amos Hoffman playing the oud and Joshua Levy on nai, an Arabic flute. But Devotion is even more notable for Cohen's restless creativity, which puts him firmly in the tradition of another great jazz bassist: Charles Mingus. His ambitious streak mostly leads him into delightfully unusual instrumental combinations--like on "Linda de Mi Corazon," where Cohen's bowed bass resonates beautifully on a duet with vocalist Claudia Acuna. But Cohen's one misstep is a pointless overdubbed wah-wah bass solo on "Ti-Da-Do-Di-Da," which muddles an otherwise beautiful string quartet piece. That's a minor quibble though, for an album as distinctive and original as this one. --Ezra Gale
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By "coeurdor"
Format:Audio CD
Since hearing Cohen's first disc "Adama", I have been a fan. His arrangements are wonderful, full of grace as well as life. His bass solos are some of the most interesting jazz instrumental solos I have had the pleasure of listening to. I recently saw Cohen in concert where he performed from his new cd "Colors". From what I heard, I recommend it as well.
By Cobi Reouven
Format:Audio CD
Great melodic album, played masterfully, full of ideas, does not bore after lots of listening. I recommend this album to any music lover!
Format:Audio CD
This is one of the greatest albums that I have ever had the pleasure to own. There are not many albums that can make you a better musician just by listening to them but this is one of them. I bought this CD and a week later went out and bought his first album Adama, which is almost equally as good. As soon as I finished listening to Devotion I immediately went to my upright bass and began trying to learn the songs. My hats goes off to Avishai, he is certainly one of the best bass player/writers to grace music since guys like Mingus and Jaco.
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