Andy Biskin
Andy Biskin '', is an American jazz clarinetist, bass clarinetist, composer, and filmmaker based primarily in New York City.Biskin is a graduate of Yale University and once served as an assistant for Alan Lomax. 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.
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.Selected discography
As leader
- Dogmental GM Recordings :de:GM Recordings| ;
- Early American: the Melodies of Stephen Foster by Andy Biskin, Andy Biskin Quartet, Strudelmedia ;
- Trio Tragico by Andy Biskin, Strudelmedia ;
- Act Necessary, Ibid, Strudelmedia ;
Other
