There’s such a thing as a family sound, and the musicians calling themselves the 3 Cohens have it. The tenor saxophonist and clarinetist Anat Cohen, the trumpeter Avishai Cohen and the soprano saxophonist Yuval Cohen — originally from Israel and now all part of the New York jazz world — weave their lines through “Braid” (Anzic), a straight-ahead jazz record with Latin and Middle Eastern tinges.

(The rhythm section is first-rate: Aaron Goldberg on piano, Omer Avital on bass and Eric Harland on drums.) Over the past few years, Anat has emerged as one of the best clarinet players in jazz, with a warm and singing tone; Avishai can play bebop and ballad lines and outer-limits trumpet sounds with tireless fluency; Yuval has a full and relaxed sound on the soprano.

The arrangements are good, but the record is best when they strain against the composed lines and babble together in intuitive counterpoint. It makes a strong case for each of them individually, but it’s a surprisingly good band record too. Horacio (El Negro) Hernandez The revered Cuban drummer El Negro Hernandez has become an American citizen, but his all-Cuban jazz band, Italuba, can’t play in this country because of United States sanctions against Cuba.

So unless you can see the band in Italy, where it is based, you’ll have to make do with its albums. The second, “Italuba II,” is athletic, sentimental and modern, with complex rhythmic latticework and some intriguing lines; aside from Mr. Hernandez’s hard and impressive performance, the young trumpeter Amik Guerra stands out as a musician to watch.