This is the Afro-Semitic Experience

from the liner notes by Willard Jenkins--contributor to JazzTimes, Down Beat, Jazz Report, Jazz Education Journal, and Africana.com. He is a producer-broadcaster for BET Jazz, WPFW radio in Washington, DC, and XM Satellite Radio.
A recording rich with the spirit of shared experiences and true brotherhood in its execution, noble and thought provoking.

Product Description
Chevan and Byrd's third CD offers a mix of Jewish and African-American music both sacred and secular. This time they are joined by The Afro-Semitic Experience, an ensemble dedicated to preserving, promoting and expanding the rich cultural and musical heritage of the Jewish and African diaspora. Imagine a band that understands and can present interpretations of music from traditions as rich as Gospel, Klezmer, Nigunim, Spirituals, and Swing and you have the Afro-Semitic Experience. This is a group that is as comfortable playing a freylakh as they are swinging a blues, that knows how to play either a bulgar or some funk. Multi-cultural soul. On this, the group's first album, they present a set that travels the Afro-Semitic Experience in all its multi-dimensional splendor.

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Average customer rating: music for the global neighborhood

This is the Afro-Semitic Experience Warren Byrd , and David Chevan Manufacturer: Hmg Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music International Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Abayudaya - Music from the Jewish People of Uganda El Danzon de Moises The Days of Awe: Meditations for Selichot, Rosh Hashanah, and Yom Kippur The So Called Seder: A Hip Hop Haggadah Agua Pa' la Gente ASIN: B0000645EF Release Date: 2002-03-27

Tracks:

1. Eliyahu HaNavi
2. Tashlikh
3. Sha Shtil
4. Better Get Hit in Your Soul
5. Nefesh
6. Aalafiya/Shir LaShalom
7. Water From an Ancient Well
8. Waters of Babylon

Album Description

Chevan and Byrd's third CD offers a mix of Jewish and African-American music both sacred and secular. This time they are joined by The Afro-Semitic Experience, an ensemble dedicated to preserving, promoting and expanding the rich cultural and musical heritage of the Jewish and African diaspora. Imagine a band that understands and can present interpretations of music from traditions as rich as Gospel, Klezmer, Nigunim, Spirituals, and Swing and you have the Afro-Semitic Experience. This is a group that is as comfortable playing a freylakh as they are swinging a blues, that knows how to play either a bulgar or some funk. Multi-cultural soul. On this, the group's first album, they present a set that travels the Afro-Semitic Experience in all its multi-dimensional splendor.

Customer Reviews:

music for the global neighborhood.......2002-10-17

Brilliant. When I heard a track played on DC's WPFW, I knew I had to get this. Some of the pieces reminded me of The Word with John Medeski, Robert Randolph and the Missippi All-Stars. Other tracks, such as the cover of "Waters of Babylon," are mellow. I liked all of them.

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