David Chevan

The Afro-Semitic Experience performed in the Sunken Garden at the Porter-Phelps-Huntington Museum in Hadley, Massachusetts on June 19.  The Sunken Garden is a beautiful setting for music and long time friend of the band, Julie Chevan (and our bass player's…Read more

Earlier this month the Afro-Semitic Experience had a great time playing at the New Britain Museum of American Art.  (By the way the current exhibit of the works of Toulouse Lautrec is great!)  Everyone was in such great spirits.  There…Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience had a great performance last weekend at the Hebrew Institute in White Plains. The band played a show that lasted just over two hours and included music for Hanukkah as well as a…Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience visited Wellesley College on Wednesday, December 5 for a concert in the school's Art and Soul series. The group played new pieces including "The Creator has a Master Plan," Shout 'Em, Aunt Tillie," "Wise One", and "Soul…Read more

This past Sunday (October 7), the Afro-Semitic Experience played in Park Slope Brooklyn at Congregation Beth Elohim. The synagogue is celebrating it's 150th anniversary and they sure know how to celebrate. The day began with a service in the sanctuary…Read more

Just wanted to let you all know about a few performances coming up in September for the Afro-Semitic Experience. New Haven concert to Premiere of Jazz Souls on Fire (and reprise music from Further Definitions)

On Wednesday, September 5…Read more

Some more pictures from our concert at the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz. These are some good action shots from during the performance. Ignore the date in the corner. These were just taken this past July!! Will and David jamming. … Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience had a great time playing at the Greater Hartford Festival of Jazz on July 22. We premiered pieces from our new work, "Jazz Souls on Fire", including arrangements of Pharoah Saunders' and Leon Thomas' "The Creator Has…Read more

New reviews are still coming in for our most recent CD, Further Definitions of the Days of Awe. Here are some links to a few of them:

In it's December issue, JazzTimes called the recording, "a joyous, soulful aggregate"…Read more

The Afro-Semitic Experience visited Canada last week to perform at the Tarbut Festival of Jewish Culture and we took some candid shots during the trip. We flew into the airport in Fargo, North Dakota and drove north to Winnipeg. Here's…Read more

A story about the new CD, “Further Definitions of the Days of Awe” by the Afro-Semitic Experience on the NPR News Show, Tell Me More, aired on Wednesday just before the beginning of Rosh Hashanah. Samples of four tunes from…Read more

Reviews and responses to our new CD, Further Definitions of the Days of Awe are starting to appear and the news is all good!!

We got our first review from a major U.S. national publication. We were reviewed in the…Read more