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The City of New Bedford Department of Community Services is pleased to announce an upcoming musical performance by The Afro-Semitic Experience, on Thursday, July 9th at 6 p.m. at the Greater New Bedford Vocational-Technical High School Auditorium.
With their unique instrumentation, solid grooves, and their ability to get an audience on its feet, The Afro-Semitic Experience is redefining the jazz concert. Their music is an intricate tapestry of spiritual, world-beat, funk, jazz, cantorial, gospel, salsa, swing . . soul-driven music. Co-founded by African-American jazz pianist Warren Byrd, and Jewish-American jazz bassist David Chevan in 1998, The Afro-Semitic Experience is a band that combines an eclectic array of styles, sophisticated musicianship, good songwriting, deep grooves, and years of friendship with a simple message: Unity in the Community.
This program is presented by the City’s Invest-in-Kids and No Place for Hate programs, and is supported in part by a grant from the New Bedford Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency.
