Multifaceted American jazz pianist and composer Emmet Cohen is one of his generation's pivotal figures in music and the related arts. Leader of the Emmet Cohen Trio and creator of the Masters Legacy Series, he is an internationally acclaimed jazz artist, a dedicated educator, the winner of the 2019 American Pianists Awards, and a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. 

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Emmet Cohen Trio

The Freight

Leading the renowned Emmet Cohen Trio and creating the acclaimed Masters Legacy Series, Emmet Cohen is an internationally celebrated jazz pianist and composer. The trio was recently named the 2024 DownBeat Annual Critics Poll for #1 Rising Star Jazz Group. Emmet has also won the 2019 American Pianists Awards and was a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition.

Emelin Theatre

Emmet Cohen’s 2022 sold-out run in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre was nothing short of electric. So electric, in fact, that Cohen returns just one year later, this time “plugged in” to a Hammond B-3 with his virtuosic, soulful organ trio. Whatever instrument he’s playing, Cohen has a unique ability to connect with audiences through his harmonically sophisticated, joyful and open-hearted takes on great tunes. For Cohen playing jazz is “about communicating the deepest levels of humanity and individuality; it’s essentially about connections.”

Emmet Cohen Organ Trio

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre

Zachary Weg of All About Jazz says Cohen is “one of the finest piano players to emerge in decades.” A frequent headliner at Jazz at Lincoln Center, this multifaceted jazz pianist’s signature professional undertaking is the “Masters Legacy Series,” a celebratory set of recordings honoring legendary jazz musicians. His precision and fluid keyboard artistry has garnered international acclaim, including winning the 2019 American Pianists Award, and being named a finalist in the 2011 Thelonious Monk International Piano Competition. 

Logan Center

Emmet Cohen Piano Trio with Yasuchi Nakamura on bass and Joe Famsworth on drums

Peabody Keystone Master Class Series

Centre Street Performance Studio

During the 2020 lockdown, pianist and composer Emmet Cohen developed "Live from Emmet's Place," a series of weekly performances by his trio and special guests livestreamed from his New York apartment via YouTube. The wild success of the series is based in Cohen’s unique ability to build connections with audiences through his harmonically sophisticated, joyful and open-hearted takes on great tunes. That ability to connect extends to his fellow musicians and with the jazz masters that preceded him, as on collaborations with Ron Carter, Bennie Golson and Christian McBride, just to name a few. His status as a major rising star has recently been recognized in the JazzTimes readers’ poll: Cohen was listed as Artist of the Year and Best Pianist, and his trio was listed as Best Acoustic Group. 

Emmet Cohen Trio

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Emmet Cohen Trio

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Emmet Cohen Trio

Emmet Cohen Trio