Omni-American Juneteenth: Blues, Jazz, and Sephardi Piyyut
As part of Festival Sefarad‘s month-long celebration of Sephardic culture, ASEFA will be featured this Juneteenth, in an event honoring the Black American experience by celebrating jazz and jazz’s contribution to Jewish culture, especially Sephardi Jewish culture. A musical journey that begins with the blues, travels across Manhattan and blossoms into Sephardi sounds elaborated and enriched by America’s native high art, “Juneteenth at the Tribeca Synagogue” tells an American story of cultural exchange at the peaks of human excellence.
Led by Dr. Samuel Torjman Thomas, ASEFA will be featured as the performance ensemble throughout. It their jazz iteration, ASEFA includes traditional and original pieces, drawing from North African, Middle Eastern, and traditional Jazz sources. The music is a balance between respecting the authenticity of traditional styles and pushing the boundaries with modern inventiveness and innovation.
ASEFA includes:
Samuel Torjman Thomas, PhD (Saxophone/Oud/Vocals); Daisy Castro (Violin); Almog Sharvit (Bass); Maya Cohen (Drums)
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