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American musician
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Yale University
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Biography
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 highlights
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
- Quintet recorded July 14 & 15, 1998 at Acoustic Recording LLC, Brooklyn
- Quartet recorded June 17, 1996 at Hillside Sound Studio, Englewood, New Jersey
- Andy Biskin Quintet (tracks 1–2, 4–5, 7–9, 11–2): Andy Biskin, clarinet; Ron Horton, trumpet; Bruce Eidem, trombone; Ben Allison, bass; Matt Wilson, drums
- Quartet (tracks 3, 6, 10 and 13): Andy Biskin, clarinet; Bruce Eidem, trombone; Andy Eulau, bass; Bruce Hall, drums
- Produced by Andy Biskin and Gunther Schuller
- Early American: the Melodies of Stephen Foster by Andy Biskin (CD album), Andy Biskin Quartet, Strudelmedia (2006); OCLC 156851154
- Andy Biskin; Pete McCann; Christopher Washburne; John Hollenbeck; Stephen Collins Foster; Andy Biskin Quartet
- Trio Tragico by Andy Biskin (CD album), Strudelmedia (2006); OCLC 84743678
- Recorded July 2005, Systems Two Recording, Brooklyn
- Andy Biskin, clarinet & bass clarinet; Dave Ballou, trumpet; Drew Gress, bass
- Act Necessary (CD album), Ibid (musical group), Strudelmedia (2014); OCLC 904291913
- Ibid (Musical group): Andy Biskin, clarinet; Jeff Davis, drums and percussion; Brian Drye (de), trombone; Kirk Knuffke (de), cornet
- All compositions by Biskin
Other
- Barcelona in 48 Hours (CD album), from the film by the same name), Strudelmedia (2006); OCLC 60819787
- Recorded June 2001, Good and Evil, Brooklyn
- The Hobo Project (a radio play) (CD album), The Gone Tribe, Sky Diver Records (1995); OCLC 34890942
- by Doug Morrow; Walter Sargent; Gone Tribe (Musical group)
- Not So Fast (CD album), The Spokes (musical group), Strudelmedia SMCD-012
- The Spokes; Andy Biskin, clarinet; Curtis Hasselbring (de), trombone; and Phillip Johnston, soprano saxophone
- Pinhole Ghosts (film) (1990); OCLC 34402142
- Videotaped in performance at Performance Space 122, New York City, December 2, 1990, by Character Generators/Video, cameraperson, Peter Richards
- Music performed by Andy Biskin, clarinet; Edward Ratliff, cornet, trombone, and glockenspiel; and Malcolm Varon, accordion
Selected cinematography and videography
- Lily Dale: Messages from the Spirit Side of Life (documentary), Cinema Guild (1991); OCLC 27818405
- Produced and directed by Biskin
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