PUBLISHED: Feb 06, 2017
DESCRIPTION:
The Afro-Semitic Experienced performed in Hartford Public Library's Baby Grand Jazz series on February 5, 2017.
Warren Byrd: piano and vocals
David Chevan: bass and vocals
Alvin Carter, Jr. drums
Abu Carter, Sr. percussion and vocals
Will Bartlett: sax and clarinet
Stacy Phillips: violin, dobro, and lap steel
Saskia Laroo: trumpet
The group was co-founded by African-American jazz pianist Warren Byrd and Jewish-American jazz bassist David Chevan in 1998. The group celebrates the musical and cultural heritage of the African and Jewish disasporas.