Avishai Cohen’s Triveni, at Take Five Coffee + Bar

You’re named a Rising Star in DownBeat‘s critics poll for three consecutive years only if you’ve awed people. Well, Israeli-born trumpeter Avishai Cohen has done more than awe the masses with his compositions and performances; he has opened doors to new worlds. His own music, constantly reaching out and exploring, is jazz with a sense of adventure — never repetitive, never trite. Or he can take a standard like “Willow Weep for Me” and wrap it with an invigorating blues that you would never expect. On Thursday night, Cohen brings his trio Triveni, with Eric Revis on bass and Nasheet Waits on drums, to Take Five Coffee + Bar, a spot that continues to grow beyond suburban coffee shop into a sought-after stop on the jazz map.

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