Greg Cohen


Greg Cohen is an American jazz bassist who has been a member of John Zorn's Masada quartet and worked with numerous other noted musicians for over four decades.

Career

Cohen plays traditional jazz and other styles, including work with Ken Peplowski, Kenny Davern, Marty Grosz, and Woody Allen. He has also worked with Tom Waits, David Byrne, Elvis Costello, Dagmar Krause, David Sanborn, Susana Baca, Gal Costa, Marisa Monte, Laurie Anderson, Willie Nelson, Bill Frisell, Norah Jones, Dave Douglas, Tricky, Jesse Harris, Keith Richards and Charlie Watts, Joey Baron, Donovan, Crystal Gayle, Nina Nastasia, Alan Watts, Lee Konitz, Richie Havens, Dino Saluzzi, Lou Reed, Marianne Faithfull, Odetta, Vesna Pisarović, Danny Barker, Christina Courtin, Tim Sparks, and Antony and the Johnsons.
In August 2006 he was musical director of the Century of Song series at the German arts festival RuhrTriennale. He invited songwriters and performers such as David Byrne, Holly Cole and Laurie Anderson.
He has been a regular member of Woody Allen and his New Orleans Jazz Band, which played at the Carlyle Hotel in Manhattan. He appeared in the documentary Wild Man Blues about a 1996 European tour by Allen and his band. Cohen appears in Robert Altman's 1993 film Short Cuts.
Cohen is a bass professor and the head of string department at the Jazz Institute Berlin. He is also an honorary professor in contemporary rhythmic music at SDMK - Danish National Academy of Music.

Discography

As leader

Way Low Moment to Moment
  • ''Golden State''

As sideman

With Terry AdamsTerrible
With Laurie AndersonBright Red Life on a String
With Elvis CostelloPainted from Memory
With Christina CourtinChristina Courtin Situation Station
With A. J. CroceTwelve Tales
With Dave DouglasCharms of the Night Sky A Thousand Evenings El Trilogy
With Marty GroszExtra! Unsaturated Fats Laughing at Life Donaldson Redux Songs I Learned at My Mother's Knee and Other Low Joints Live at the L.A. Classic Thanks Rhythm for Sale! Just Imagine … Songs of DeSylva, Brown & Henderson Keep a Song in Your Soul Ring Dem Bells Going Hollywood Left to His Own Devices Marty Grosz and His Hot Combination
With Tim SparksAt the Rebbe's Table Little Princess
With Tom WaitsHeartattack and Vine Swordfishtrombones Rain Dogs Franks Wild Years The Black Rider Mule Variations
With Victoria WilliamsHappy Come Home Loose Musings of a Creek Dipper
With John ZornMasada: Alef with MasadaMasada: Beit with MasadaMasada: Gimel with MasadaMasada: Dalet with MasadaMasada: Hei with MasadaMasada: Vav with MasadaMasada: Zayin with MasadaBar Kokhba with Bar KokhbaMasada: Het with MasadaMasada: Tet with MasadaLive in Jerusalem 1994 with MasadaLive in Taipei 1995 with MasadaMasada: Yod with MasadaThe Circle Maker with Bar Kokhba and Masada String TrioLive in Middleheim 1999 with MasadaLive in Sevilla 2000 with MasadaLive at Tonic 2001 with MasadaFirst Live 1993 with MasadaFilmworks XI: Secret Lives with Masada String TrioThe Unknown Masada 50th Birthday Celebration Volume 1 with Masada String Trio50th Birthday Celebration Volume 7 with Masada50th Birthday Celebration Volume 11 with Masada String TrioAstaroth: Book of Angels Volume 1 with the Jamie Saft TrioSanhedrin 1994–1997 with MasadaAzazel: Book of Angels Volume 2 with Masada String TrioFilmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 with Bar KokhbaStolas: Book of Angels Volume 12 with Masada QuintetAlhambra Love Songs Baal: Book of Angels Volume 15 with Ben Goldberg QuartetHaborym: Book of Angels Volume 16 with Masada String TrioIn Search of the Miraculous
With others