Anat Cohen Quartet at Miller Theatre at Columbia University

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Dynamic bandleader Anat Cohen’s clarinet sings out with the many musical voices of Brazil. Voted Clarinetist of the Year for the past eight years by the Jazz Journalists Association, Cohen’s lyricism and versatility have helped to re-introduce the clarinet as a powerful jazz instrument. “When I play the clarinet I am 100 percent myself. It is as if it is part of my body,” she said. “Let me just read a melody and make it as sweet as I can.”