Manhattan AND Brooklyn This Week!

Tuesday 12/18 @ 8:30 will be our last trio show at  Charles Street for 2012.
Andy and Larry will play a duo performance at Barbés in Brooklyn on Thursday 12/20 @ 8PM.

Sunday, 12/16 Benefit @ Jalopy

The Andy Statman Trio will play a set at 9PM at the Jalopy Theater in Brooklyn to help raise money for the Red Hook Initiative, an organization that does wonderful work in the community and has been in the forefront of storm relief efforts in Brooklyn. For more info about the show, click here.

Our Charles Street Bar Mitzvah, December 11th

Back from our midwest tour, The Andy Statman Trio celebrates 13 years of Charles Street Synagogue workshops on Tuesday, December 11th at 9 PM.  Joining us: harmonica virtuoso Jason Rosenblatt of the Montreal klezmer band Shtreiml.

Today in the New York Times

On Religion: A Search for God Through Bluegrass and Klezmer

By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN

photo by Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

Andy Statman stood in the narrow basement of an Orthodox synagogue improbably wedged among the boîtes and boutiques of Greenwich Village. He wore a plain blue suit and white shirt, and from his waist hung tzitzit, the fringes meant to remind an observant Jew of the 613 commandments. Twisting together the pieces of his clarinet, he ran through a glissando that seemed to corkscrew through the air.

Four rows of folding chairs were arranged before Mr. Statman, and in them sat about 15 people, several in yarmulkes, one an Australian woman whose music teacher back home had instructed her to find and hear Andy Statman. The basement’s shelves bore Talmudic volumes and Sabbath candlesticks, and the room was so chilly on this November night that nearly all the listeners had kept on their coats. (read more)

Andy Statman Trio Midwest Tour, 4-7 December

The Andy Statman Trio (Andy Statman on clarinet and mandolin, Jim Whitney on bass, Larry Eagle on drums and percussion) covering the midwest this week:

Sunday, December 2 @ 7:30pm
The Cedar Center
Minneapolis MN

Monday, December 3 @ 8:00 pm
The Englert Theatre
Iowa City IA

Tuesday, December 4 @ 8:00pm
Shank Hall
Milwaukee WI
(with special guests)

Wednesday, December 5 @ 8:30pm
Old Town School of Folk
Chicago IL(also playing on WBEZ public radio at 2PM CST - listen live at WBEZ.org)

Andy Statman Receives NEA Heritage Fellowship; returns to Charles Street 18 October

Andy Statman and Larry Eagle jamming after the concert with Flaco Jimenez and his band

Andy and fellow 2012 NEA Heritage Honorees  photo: Michael Stewart

On Thursday, 4 October, Andy Statman performed at The George Washington University in Washington, DC as part of the National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Award Concert.  Here are a few pictures from the evening.

The Andy Statman Trio returns to their New York home - the Charles Street Synagogue, 53 Charles Street NYC - Thursday night, 18 October at 8:30 PM.

NEA NATIONAL HERITAGE FELLOWSHIPS CONCERT, Thursday 4 October

Andy Statman receives his National Endowment for the Arts National Heritage Fellowship at a ceremony Wednesday, October 3rd at the Library of Congress in Washington DC.  On Thursday, October 4th the Andy Statman Trio performs as part of the NEA National Heritage Concert at George Washington University.  Although all advance tickets have been distributed, some seating will be made available just prior to the concert, which also features performances by dobro master Mike Auldridge and Tejano Accordion legend "Flaco" Jiménez.  Tickets are free.
The show will also be webcast live on the NEA website.

9/23: Brooklyn Bluegrass Bash @ the Bell House in Brooklyn

The Andy Statman Trio will play a set as part of a big benefit at the Bell House in Brooklyn (149 7th St bet 2nd and 3rd Ave), Sunday September 23rd.  The main stage line-up, in order of appearance:

Tony Trischka (with Kenny Kosek)
The Andy Statman Trio
Aoife O'Donovan, Noam Pikelny & Chris Eldridge
Chris Thile & Michael Daves

Music starts at 3, tix available here.

The Living Room, Sunday 9 September

We've begun our holiday hiatus at Charles Street (returning in mid-October) so come on down to The Living Room this Sunday to catch our only show in Manhattan in September.  Once again we'll be joined by our friends from Union Street Preservation Society (Andy sat in with them at a show back in June - here's a video clip).  Buy tickets for Sunday's show here.

Speaking of videos, we played a concert in Boston back in March with guests David Grisman and Matt Glaser - some freshly posted videos from that evening can be found here.

Andy Statman and David Bromberg, Thursday 30 August

On Thursday 30 August at 8PM, 

The Andy Statman Trio and Andy's old bandmate David Bromberg reunite at the 

City Winery155 Varick Street  NYC  NY  10013 (212) 608-0555

about 10 years ago, Andy, David, David Grisman and Jay Ungar were all part of a show in Englewood, NJ - here's a little video clip of a backstage jam..