Andy Biskin

Andy Biskin (né Andrew Barry Biskin; born 1955 in San Antonio, Texas), is an American jazz clarinetist, bass clarinetist, composer, and filmmaker based primarily in New York City.

Career

Biskin is a graduate of Yale University and once served as an assistant for Alan Lomax.[1] Biskin's music has often been played on NPR between segments on All Things Considered and Fresh Air with Terry Gross. In 2000, Biskin's album, Dogmental, was named album of the week in The New York Times by Ben Ratliff.[2]

In 2004, he animated and set to music a series of Rube Goldberg machines, including a "self-operating napkin", for his film Goldberg's Variations.[3][4]

Discography

As leader
  • Dogmental (GM, 2000)[2]
  • Early American: The Melodies of Stephen Foster (Strudelmedia, 2006)
  • Trio Tragico (Strudelmedia, 2006)[5]
  • Act Necessary (Strudelmedia, 2014)[6]

Video
  • Lily Dale: Messages from the Spirit Side of Life (documentary), Cinema Guild (1991); OCLC 27818405
Produced and directed by Biskin

References
  1. "Andy Biskin" (artist profile), All About Jazz (retrieved May 31, 2010)
  2. "Album of the Week," by Ben Ratliff, The New York Times, December 22, 2000
  3. "Family Fare," by Laurel Graeber, The New York Times, January 9, 2004 (retrieved March 31, 2010)
  4. "Jazzing Up Rube Goldberg's Creations," by Geoff Edgers, Boston Globe, December 5, 2003
  5. Review: "Andy Biskin Quartet: Early American: The Music of Stephen Foster," Notes, 2nd Series, Vol. 63, No. 4, June 2007, pps. 927–928; ISSN 1534-150X, OCLC 5548394806, 364523600
  6. Review: "Andy Biskin's Ibid: Act Necessary (2014)," by Dave Wayne, All About Jazz, August 28, 2014 (retrieved June 1, 2015)


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