Upcoming Concerts

[dchevan <dchevan...>]

Hi all,

Below is a listing of upcoming concerts.  One concert that I'm excited to 
announce is the debut of  the Afro-Semitic Experience at the Sunday Klezmer 
brunch series at TONIC on the lower east side of Manhattan on Sunday, November 
3.  

My new CD, This is the Afro-Semitic Experience, has gotten several good reviews:

"From the opening cut  . . . the Afro-Semitic Experience rocks the house" 
George Robinson, The Jewish Week 

AThis album is compelling . . . using jazz to bring out the commonality of 
spirituality in music from two traditions, and then some. The result is 
excellent, sometimes danceable, always listenable and warming music.@ Ari 
Davidow, www.klezmershack.com

AChevan and Byrd=s music is more Mingus than Masada, more Rahsaan Roland Kirk 
than Klezmer. Like the aforementioned Mingus and Kirk, their music (certainly 
Ajazz,@ if anyone will allow me to use that word) is more than the sum of its 
parts.@ Mark Corroto, www.AllAboutJazz.com

"This is a more laid-back take on the Hebrew/Afro-American connection than you 
hear from John Zorn and the Downton New York crowd, but one with its own 
roughshod beauty." Jerome Wilson, Cadence

Please come to one of these upcoming performances and hear and see what the 
critics are all talking about!!

B'Shalom,

dAvid

 

October 4 and 5, 2002 David Chevan with the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE. Featured 
performers include Stacy Phillips, Mixashawn, Baba David Coleman and special 
guest Marty Ehrlich. We will artists in residence at Temple Sholom in 
Plainfield, New Jersey. We will be participating in a jazz Friday night service 
at 8:00 p.m., hosting a workshop Saturday afternoon at 1:00 p.m. and performing 
in concert on Saturday night at 8:00 p.m. Temple Sholom is located at 815 West 
Seventh Street in Plainfield, New Jersey. The phone number for further 
information is 908-756-6447.

Monday, October 7, the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE 8:30 p.m. at the Buttonwood Tree 
with Will Bartlett on reeds and percussion, Warren Byrd on piano, Alvin Carter, 
Jr., on drums, Richard McGhee on soprano and alto saxophone, Mixashawn.com on 
tenor saxophone, Stacy Phillips on dobro and violin and Baba David Coleman on 
African drums and percussion. The Buttonwood Tree is located at 605 Main Street 
in Middletown and the phone number is (860) 347-4957.

October 12, David Chevan with the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE. Featured performers 
include Stacy Phillips, Mixashawn, Baba David Coleman, 8:00 p.m., at Temple 
Israel, 27 Pierce Street, Greenfield, Massachusetts, 413-773-5884.

Friday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m., The Art of Trio, at the Milford Center for the 
Arts. with Rex Cadwallader and special guest trombonist Eddie Bert, at 40 
Railroad Avenue South, Milford, (203) 878-6647. 

Friday, October 25, Stacy Phillips with members of the Afro-Semitic Experience, 
8:00 p.m. at the Center for the Arts, 283 Washington Terrace, on the campus of 
Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut.

Sunday, November 3, the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE makes its official New York 
debut at the Klezmer Brunch at TONIC, with Will Bartlett on reeds and 
percussion, Alvin Carter, Jr., on drums, Richard McGhee on soprano and alto 
saxophone, Mixashawn.com on tenor saxophone, Stacy Phillips on dobro and violin 
and Baba David Coleman on African drums and percussion. TONIC is located at 107 
Norfolk in New York City and the phone number is 212-358-7501. Sets are at 1:30 
and 3:00 p.m.

Monday, November 4, the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE 8:30 p.m. at the Buttonwood 
Tree with Will Bartlett on reeds and percussion, Alvin Carter, Jr., on drums, 
Richard McGhee on soprano and alto saxophone, Mixashawn.com on tenor saxophone, 
Stacy Phillips on dobro and violin and Baba David Coleman on African drums and 
percussion. The Buttonwood Tree is located at 605 Main Street in Middletown and 
the phone number is (860) 347-4957.


Friday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m., The Art of Trio, at the Milford Center for 
the Arts. with Rex Cadwallader and special guest alto saxophonist Tim Moran, at 
40 Railroad Avenue South, Milford, (203) 878-6647. 

November 23, David Chevan and Warren Byrd Duo: the AFRO-SEMITIC EXPERIENCE, at 
the Havdallah Café, Temple Ner Tamid, 936 Broad Street, in Bloomfield, New 
Jersey.