Andy Statman

Andy Statman is an internationally acclaimed clarinet and mandolin virtuoso who has appeared on over 100 recordings. Profiles on his life and music have been featured on CBS, CNN, National public radio, BBC, and Austrian national television, and his mastery has been acknowledged by Billboard, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, Down Beat, Jazz Is, The New Yorker, New York Magazine, The Village Voice, The Jerusalem Post, Fret Board Journal, and other publications. Andy has collaborated and recorded extensively with Itzhak Perlman, Bela Fleck, David Grisman, Ricky Skaggs, David Bromberg, Vasser Klemens, and others. Andy and his trio have appeared internationally at music festivals, and major concert halls. His 1996 album “Between Heaven and Earth” a ground breaking improvisational treatment of the music of the great Jewish mystics was picked as one of the top ten records of the year by the New York Times. In 2008 he was a Grammy award nominee in the best country instrumental category for his version of Bill Monroe “Rawhide” from his highly acclaimed CD “East Flatbush Blues”