Andy statman

[seano]

Andy Statman is coming to my town. Should I go? What can I expect to hear? I know it's not blugrass, more jazz oriented, which I would prefer. Who else plays in the band/what other instruments...
Lemme know.

[Larry S Sherman]

You should go. No question about it.

Larry

[jaydee]

There will probably be a bass player and a drummer. You should go, stop reading and go buy tickets. Have fun at the show and tell us all about it.

Jeremy

[Jeff Hoelter]

Andy is incredible live. What a great musician, and a nice guy as well!

Jeff

[SternART]

Go stand in line now!

[Don Grieser]

It'll be some of the best music you've ever experienced. Don't miss the chance to see him play!

[Daniel1975]

Sean,
I'm going to that show. It will be my first Statman show. I was making plans to visit a friend in NYC just to go see Andy at his regular show in the village. Instead, I bought tickets as soon as box office opened the morning they went on sale. I'm sure you could still get great tickets and The Bijou is a great venue to see live music. Enjoy!

Daniel

[rhfeiner]

I saw him in San Francisco a few months ago. I went to see him becuause of his mandolin playing, but his first set which was primarily on clarinet (several - one in a lower register)was absolutely hypnotic.One of the best live shows I've ever experienced.

[jmcgann]

Not just a bass and drummer- Jim Whitney on bass and Larry Eagle on drums- a very sympathetic and amazingly responsive rhythm section who have been working with Andy for many hundreds of gigs. This is a trio of truly great musicians.

[Rob Wallace]

That's what I'd call a classic No Brainer!

[Dale Ludewig]

I don't know what the show you might go to see will be, but I saw him at Lynn Garren's house (a house concert) a few weeks ago. Will was there (with a graphite mando) and Andy was playing with a bass player, guitar, and a banjo player. It was quite a night. Will and Andy and I had a nice discussion about the difference between A's and F's (holes)during an intermission. It was a night I will remember for many years. Go see him. He's a master of the instrument.

[mythicfish]

One of the great creative musical geniuses of our time ... or any other time!

Curt

[Glassweb]

If you've never seen Andy live you're in for an amazing experience... one of the worlds great musicians and composers. Go man, GO!

[bones12]

Go by all means. Expect to hear brilliant music from a genius.Doug

[swampstomper]

Genius does not begin to describe this man. If you are reading mandolin café you have to go to see mandolin improvisation as no one else can even conceive let alone pull off. But that is about one-tenth of the reason to see him. Would you have missed Django or Louis Armstrong live?? Be grateful you are living at the same time as Statman. The trio is really something else, it will expand your musical mind further than you could imagine beforehand.

[seano]

OK! I'm convinced!!! I had no doubt but just wanted to be sure as I've been using up my "hall passes" lately. I better be a good boy so I can go. I'll give a full report.
Thanks!
Sean

[AlanN]

I saw him in Central Park one summer, he did mostly klez, but did pick up the mandolin, and Del and band were there, Ronnie wrote and picked a tune for Andy that day.

[evanreilly]

There are several clips of him on youtube. search him out.

[Glassweb]

I saw/heard Andy last night doing duets with his bass player Jim Whitney at his weekly Charles Street Synagogue gig. Now y'all need to know that Andy is now playing an F-hole mandolin for the first time in nearly 40 years - an amazing Kimble F5 that Will was able to provide for Andy to test drive. Andy is exploring this instrument to the max and has found that the extended fingerboard is opening up whole new vistas to him. He played mostly mandolin last night and, although the set was a little rough compared to the Trio, he was improvising at such an amazing and daring level that only one other musician came to mind - Charlie Parker. All I could do was shake my head. What he spits out as a little "aside" would take most of us a lifetime to achieve... forget about dreaming it up! Unlimited technique + unlimited ideas and musicality = pure genius. That's why everyone should go hear this master musician (yes, he's a master of the clarinet and sax as well). The trio will be at the Synagogue next Monday and Thursday evening, so if you're in the NYC area come down around 8:30 and grab a seat. 53 Charles Street in Greenwich Village. And yes, you wouldn't miss Armstrong or Reinhardt so don't miss Statman (Andy would cringe if he saw this!).