MARY ALICE WILLIAMS: Their instruments are different, their religious roots in different soil. But when David Chevan and Warren Byrd get together, as they did at the Jewish Community Center in Washington, D.C., they're both jazzmen, making a joyful noise.

DAVID CHEVAN: Let's pump it! I began so much of my musical heritage, not just in my parent's house, but in going to synagogue.

WARREN BYRD: Church music in general has always been a part of my background.

Listen to a track from David Chevan and Warren Byrd's CD LET US BREAK BREAD TOGETHER.

We [are] two different people, coming from different backgrounds. But nonetheless, it has been kind of nice to celebrate God with David and play the music and express God's presence as opposed to pointing out the differences.

CHEVAN: The goal is to successfully express yourself through the vessel that is the piece that you are playing, and express what you are feeling about the room, about the people together, about your relationship with God in 16-bars, in 32-bars of music.