Good Band Alert: Andy Statman Trio

From the desk of Ned P. Rauch:

Here's a guy worth checking out: Andy Statman. I saw him over the weekend at Jalopy, in Brooklyn's Red Hook neighborhood. Phenomenal mandolin player—more focused than David Grisman, less strident than Bill Monroe. Reportedly he's a wiz on the clarinet, too, but by the time we'd arrived, he'd set down his horn for the night. His band mates, a drummer and stand-up bassist, were terrific, too. If the Andy Statman Trio swings through your town, give 'em a listen. Clap loudly enough and they may play three encores, which they did for us.

(Photo found on Wikipedia, which borrowed it from a Flickr site maintained by a guy signed in as Ataelw. Nice shot, Ataelw.)