Guitarist Jake Eddy encourages Klezmer legend Andy Statman to return to his Bluegrass roots

By Doug Doyle

Published November 13, 2023 at 9:16 AM EST

Ways To Subscribe

Clarinetist and mandolin player Andy Statman (left) was encouraged by guitarist Jake Eddy (right) to get back to his Bluegrass roots. Carter Eddy is on bass (middle).

On this episode of AOS, WBGO's Jon Kalish reports on an improbable musical collaboration.

Fans of klezmer music know the Brooklyn musician Andy Statman as a clarinet virtuoso. But Statman first made a splash in the music world playing bluegrass on a mandolin. He hasn’t been a regular in the bluegrass scene for decades but now Jake Eddy, a young guitar player in Appalachia, has coaxed Statman back in.

Tags

Doug Doyle

Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998 and has taken his department to new heights in coverage and recognition. Doug and his staff have received more than 250 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.

See stories by Doug Doyle