Zev Feldman & Andy Statman

Walter Zev Feldman Is A Leading Researcher In Both Ottoman Turkish And Jewish Music. He Is Also A Versatile Performer On The Klezmer Dulcimer And Cymbal Tsimbi . He Has Written A Book Entitled 'Music Of The Ottoman Court Makam Composition And The Early Ottoman Instrumental Repertoire'. This Was First Published In Berlin In 1996 And Is Cuurently Being Translated Into Turkish. He Wrote The 'Ottoman Music' And 'Klezmer Music' Articles For The New Groves Dictionary Of Music And Musicians In 2001 As Well As The Turkish Chaghatay And Turkmen Literature Articles For The Encyclopedia Brittanica. Feldman Is A Part-Time Associate Professor At Bar-Ilan University In Tel-Aviv And A Fellow Of The Centre For Jewish Musical Research At The Hebrew University In Jerusalem. He Worked As Co-Editor Of The Medimuses Project For Modal Music Of The Mediterranean For The EnChordais School In Thessalonika Greece Which Was Sposored By The European Union 2002-05 . In 2004 Feldman Co-Direceted The UNESCO Application Of The Mevlevi Dervishes As A Masterpiece Of The Oral And Intangible Heritage Of Humanity. He More Recently Co-Produced The CD Tanburi Isak With The Bezmara Ensemble Of Istanbul For EnChordais. In 2003 He Curated The Concert Series 'The Revival Of Klezmer And Yiddish Music In New York At The CUNY Graduate Centre. He Was Artistic Director Of Music And Dance Of The Jewish Wedding At The 92nd. Street Y. The Following Season He Served In The Same Capacity For The Y's Titled Shared Sacred Space Music Of The Mystics. Andy Statman Is A Notable Klezmer Clarinetist And A Bluegrass And Newgrass Mandolinist. He First Gained Acclaim As A Mandolinist In Pioneering The Blugrass Bands Country Cookin' And Breakfast Special. Statman As A Jew Soon Became Aware That Bluegrass Was Not Really His Natural Music And So He Turned To Klezmer And Traditional Jewish Music. As He Was By Now A Clarinetist As Well As A Mandolinist He Became Involved In Recording Various Klezmer Albums Which Became Very Influential In The Klezmer Revival That Began In The Late 1970s. Later On In The 1990's He Started Experimenting With Hassidic Melodies Fusing Bluegrass Klezmer And Jazz Music Very Effectively.
Andy Statman Was Taught To Play Clarinet By The Legendary Klezmer Clarinetist Dave Tarras Who Bequeathed His Clarinets To Andy Statman And So They Obviously Had A Great Rapport As Musicians.
The Andy Statman Trio Which Includes Bassist Jim Whitney And Drummer Larry Eagle Plays Regularly At Derech Amuno Synagogue In Greenwich Village In New York City. read less