« TALK | The Mysteries of Klezmer Violin Unveiled, with Alicia Svigals Amherst, MA, 16 Jul 2017 | Main | North American Jewish Choir Festival, Kerhonkson, NY, 16–20 Jul 2017 »

Andy Statman Trio, Amherst, MA, 16 Jul 2017

Andy StatmanAndy Statman Trio

Sun, Jul 16, 2017, 7:30pm
Yiddish Book Center
1021 West St.
Amherst, MA 01002

MEMBERS | $30 GENERAL ADMISSION | $36
Concert tix/more info

The history of the klezmer revival is in large part the story of Andy Statman, whose 1979 album Jewish Klezmer Music, recorded with Zev Feldman, literally announced the return of the forgotten music of the Old World shtetls to the outside world. Since then, Andy (who learned the sonorities of the music firsthand from immigrant-era musician Dave Tarras) has immersed himself in the music of the Hasidim. Whether he is playing mandolin or one of the clarinets that Tarras bequeathed to him, Andy performs a singular, contemporary fusion of Jewish, jazz, and Americana styles, a genre that this National Heritage fellow and Grammy nominee owns with his longtime musical partners, bassist Jim Whitney and drummer Larry Eagle.

Yidstock Logo 2013Yidstock 2017: The Festival of New Yiddish Music
Thu July 13, 2016 - Sun July 16, 2016

Festival info from the Yiddish Book Center website

Posted by Ari Davidow on July 16, 2017 7:30 PM |

Post a comment

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)