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Emmet Cohen

Emmet Cohen is a pianist, Hammond B-3 organist, composer, bandleader, and educator whose work centers on a trio, livestreams, and jazz lineage.

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Career Overview

About Emmet Cohen

Cohen's official biography presents communication across generations as the organizing idea behind his performance and recording work. His leader catalog combines stride, swing, bebop, and modern small-group writing, while his working bands place piano and Hammond B-3 in distinct settings.[1][2]

Live From Emmet's Place began as a Harlem-apartment livestream in 2020 and developed into a continuing performance platform. Cohen's Masters Legacy Series pairs recordings, performances, and interviews with older musicians, extending the same intergenerational focus into an archive.[1]

Ensembles and Career Threads

Bands & Projects

Creator, host, pianist, and producer

Live From Emmet's Place

Launched 2020

The livestream series brings established and emerging musicians into a close-performance format and now continues from Power Station NYC.[1]

Producer and pianist

Masters Legacy Series

Cohen's series records and interviews senior artists including Jimmy Cobb, Ron Carter, Benny Golson, Tootie Heath, George Coleman, and Houston Person.[1][2]

Leader, pianist, organist, and composer

Emmet Cohen leader groups

Cohen's trio and expanded bands connect his recurring rhythm-section work with guest horns and repertoire drawn from several jazz eras.[1][3]

Selected, Not Exhaustive

Recordings to Know

2021 · Mack Avenue Records

Future Stride

Leader, pianist, and composer

The album places stride-piano vocabulary inside Cohen's modern trio and guest-artist framework.[1][3]

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2024 · Mack Avenue Records

Vibe Provider

Leader, pianist, organist, and composer

Cohen's leader album uses piano and organ alongside his working trio and an expanded guest cast.[1][3]

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2026 · Mack Avenue Records

Universal Truth

Leader, pianist, and composer

The recording brings Cohen's Miles Davis and John Coltrane centennial touring project into the studio with veteran and current collaborators.[1][3]

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Artist-Authorized Destinations

Start Listening

Official music and video

Watch Emmet's Place performances and browse Cohen's artist-curated album and video archive.

Official Bandcamp

Hear Universal Truth through Cohen's artist-authorized Mack Avenue Bandcamp edition.

Live Calendar

Upcoming Jazz DateBook Shows

Sun, Oct 11, 7:00 PM

Emmet Cohen Trio @ Freight and Salvage - Berkeley, CA, USA at The Freight

The Freight · Berkeley

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Evidence-Based Connections

Related Musician Guides

Connections below come from shared current Jazz DateBook bills or normalized documented performance roles—not subjective similarity.

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Sources

Career copy is original synthesis from the artist, label, and project sources below. Current dates come from Jazz DateBook event inventory.

  1. [1] Official biography and project history

    Emmet Cohen

  2. [2] Official music and video archive

    Emmet Cohen

  3. [3] Label biography and release catalog

    Mack Avenue Music Group