Concert announcement: Chevan and Byrd to appear in Hamden for first time since 1998

[DAVID CHEVAN <dchevan...>]

The Black History Month Celebration Committee of Quinnipiac University
presents:


Warren Byrd and David Chevan

in a concert of interpretations of Jewish and African-American Sacred Music

Date: Sunday, February 10th
Time: 7:00 pm
Location: Quinnipiac University's Buckman Theater
Contact: John Morgan, Director of Public Relations, 203-582-5359
Audience: Open to public; free

Quinnipiac University is located at 275 Mt. Carmel Avenue in Hamden,
Connecticut.

Warren Byrd and David Chevan have not performed in Hamden since their debut
in 1998 at the Martin Luther King Service at Congregation Mishkan Israel.
This also marks their first greater New Haven appearance since 1998.  In
concert the duo weave stories and music together as they  interpret and
explain pieces from the Jewish and African-American sacred traditions.  The
combination of their sophisticated jazz artistry, wit, and reverence for the
material makes for a moving, one-of-a-kind musical experience.  This event
is open to the public and there is no admission charge.


"Communication on the most elemental level and yet, at the same time, the
most elevated" George Robinson, The Jewish Voice


"Leave it to the artists among us to heal the breach. On their new CD, "Let
Us Break Bread Together: Further Explorations of the Afro-Semitic
Experience", pianist Warren Byrd and double bassist David Chevan explore and
celebrate the musical ties that have bound these two traditions together
across centuries of suffering and redemption. . . . Listening to this CD is
a bit like checking out a funky little club in the basement of a church or
shul. Or listening to a sermon on a bus ride headed South". Martin
Goldsmith, former host and senior commentator for NPR's Performance Today,
The Forward


"Your musical partnership and your mutually respectful engagement in one
another's musical and spiritual traditions model the kind of dialogue
between the black and Jewish communities that so many of us aspire to. Your
presentation had the remarkable effect of moving, delighting and edifying us
all at the same time."  Rabbi Dan Polish, Director of the UAHC Commission on
Social Action of Reform Judaism


"Bref. C'est beau."  Le Jazz Hot

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

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