Announcment of Afro-Semitic Experience Concert and Web Broadcast

[DAVID CHEVAN <dchevan...>]

Last year Warren Byrd and I were asked if we had a band that could perform
our brand of Jewish and African-American music.  We were enticed by the idea
and not long after we began adding new material to the Bassology set lists.
Before long we were jamming on klezmer and Yiddish songs along with our
usual assortment of jazz and world music pieces. Pretty soon it was obvious
that a second band had emerged and I began calling it "The Afro-Semitic
Experience."  The band has now played in public quite a few times and we've
begun to develop a style and a sense of direction.  In fact, last year we
placed second in the New Haven Advocate's Grand Band Slam in the category of
Instrumental bands.  After our Grand Band Slam showcase the Advocate
described the band's performance as a "mind-blowing experience".  Since then
the group has acquired a once-every-other-month gig at the Buttonwood Tree
in Middletown, Connecticut.  Our next performance at the Buttonwood will be
this coming Monday, December 4 at 8:30 p.m. and we hope that many of you
will come out to hear us.  The Buttonwood is located at Main St. in
Middletown, Connecticut and the phone number is (860) 347-4957.  The band
that evening will include Warren Byrd on piano, Stacy Phillips on dobro and
violin, Richard McGhee on soprano saxophone, Will Bartlett on clarinet and
tenor saxophone, and Alvin Carter, Jr. and Jason Miles on percussion.

But the reason that I am sending this message to everyone on my e-mail list
is because on December 4 at 8:30 p.m., Eastern Standard Time, you don't have
to go to the Buttonwood to see and hear us because The Afro-Semitic
Experience will be broadcasting LIVE over the internet.   Engineer Zsid
Zonderman of Radioboston.com is coming down to do a live sound and video
feed of the performance.  It is my understand that all you need to do is
click onto www.radioboston.com, follow their instructions and you'll be able
to see and hear us right from your computer.  By the way, if you live
anywhere near the Buttonwood we'd rather you were there in person!  If you
do click on to check out the show, please send me your feedback.  I'm
curious to know if this all works over the internet and how it sounds when
it comes out at the other end.  By the way, the concert is NOT being
archived by radioboston.com so the only opportunity that you will have to
see and hear us is that night.


On another positive note, Author Seth Rogovoy has written included a review
of "Let Us Break Bread Together" in his monthly column for the Berkshires
Week.  Its in an article called  "New Music for the Global Village".  The
piece is a summary of new Jewish music recordings, which, to quote Rogovoy
"reflect and respond to the reality of life in the "global shtetl.""   I've
included the URL that will take you directly to this article.
http://www.berkshiresweek.com/insider6.html



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David Chevan, Bassologist
for more info visit my web site located at
 www.chevan.addr.com

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