Eternal Child
Avishai Cohen Trio
Eternal Child is the latest trio album from Israeli bassist, singer, and composer Avishai Cohen, released on May 29, 2026 via naïve / Believe through Razdaz Recordz. Recorded over five days in January 2026 at Studio De Meudon in France, the album finds Cohen working with a strikingly youthful rhythm section: pianist Itay Simhovich, just 22 years old, and drummer Eviatar Slivnik, 30 — alongside guest appearances from longtime collaborator Jeff Ballard on four tracks. Cohen has described it as his most jazz-focused album to date, a quality he attributes directly to the personalities of his young bandmates, whose instincts pull naturally toward the tradition. The ten compositions are deeply personal, each dedicated to someone in Cohen's orbit: "Simchover" honors pianist Simhovich, "Mr Good Sir" is for his longtime manager of nearly 25 years, and "My Brues" is a playful nod to the way his Japanese fanbase pronounces the word "blues."
The album's sole cover — and its title track — is a composition by Chick Corea, the mentor who famously brought Cohen onto the world stage in the late 1990s and whose influence has shaped Cohen's entire career. By centering the album around a Corea piece, Cohen closes a long musical circle — one that began in New York in the 1990s, when he also first met Jeff Ballard. The record closes with "Closure," a piece that functions as both a finale and an opening, and the result across its 52 minutes is a warm, groove-driven, melodically generous statement: intimate enough to feel like a conversation among close friends, and confident enough to stand as one of the most fully realized records of Cohen's long career.
Eternal Child
Avishai Cohen Trio
Eternal Child is the latest trio album from Israeli bassist, singer, and composer Avishai Cohen, released on May 29, 2026 via naïve / Believe through Razdaz Recordz. Recorded over five days in January 2026 at Studio De Meudon in France, the album finds Cohen working with a strikingly youthful rhythm section: pianist Itay Simhovich, just 22 years old, and drummer Eviatar Slivnik, 30 — alongside guest appearances from longtime collaborator Jeff Ballard on four tracks. Cohen has described it as his most jazz-focused album to date, a quality he attributes directly to the personalities of his young bandmates, whose instincts pull naturally toward the tradition. The ten compositions are deeply personal, each dedicated to someone in Cohen's orbit: "Simchover" honors pianist Simhovich, "Mr Good Sir" is for his longtime manager of nearly 25 years, and "My Brues" is a playful nod to the way his Japanese fanbase pronounces the word "blues."
The album's sole cover — and its title track — is a composition by Chick Corea, the mentor who famously brought Cohen onto the world stage in the late 1990s and whose influence has shaped Cohen's entire career. By centering the album around a Corea piece, Cohen closes a long musical circle — one that began in New York in the 1990s, when he also first met Jeff Ballard. The record closes with "Closure," a piece that functions as both a finale and an opening, and the result across its 52 minutes is a warm, groove-driven, melodically generous statement: intimate enough to feel like a conversation among close friends, and confident enough to stand as one of the most fully realized records of Cohen's long career.