Andy Statman

A virtuosic musician known for his pioneering fusion of bluegrass, klezmer, jazz, and other disparate styles, Andy Statman rose out of New York's folk and string band scene in the mid-'70s, first establishing himself as a mandolin master then helping to ignite a neo-klezmer revival as a clarinetist. Over the coming decades, he continued the path of an intrepid musical explorer, collaborating constantly across genres, leading his own bands, and switching back and forth from his two primary instruments on influential albums like 1986's Nashville Mornings, New York Nights 1997's ...