(New York Jewish Week) — In January a young bluegrass guitar player in Appalachia emailed Andy Statman out of the blue, expressing admiration for the work of the 71-year-old Brooklyn klezmer musician.

They seem about as distant as American musical cousins can be: bluegrass, with its roots in Kentucky and Southeastern rural America, and klezmer, with its foundation in Eastern European Jewish life ...

Andy Statman's Journey, an original radio documentary commissioned by KCRW and produced by Jon Kalish, takes listeners on a musicial and spiritual odyssey with the New York virtuoso who has been ...

There is no one quite like Andy Statman. A virtuoso clarinetist and mandolin player, he deftly navigates the seemingly incongruent musical landscapes of jazz, bluegrass and Chassidic music. On East ...

Through three decades of dedication, Andy Statman has reached a high plane. The youthful exuberance of discovery has been supplanted by mature enlightenment and musical self-realization. Coltrane ...

It’s one thing to be an acknowledged master of one instrument and musical style; it’s quite another to be a master of two. For more than 40 years, Andy Statman has been a celebrated player of ...

PORTSMOUTH, R.I. – Common Fence Music will host a live performance of klezmer and bluegrass music by the Andy Statman Trio on Sunday, Dec. 3, at 7 p.m. Andy Statman, 2012 NEA National Heritage Fellow ...

Andy Statman made a musical name for himself as a pioneer of progressive bluegrass. But his eclectic approach to recording and performing has often kept his music from the public. But two new CDs are ...