Andy Biskin
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Andy Biskin | |
|---|---|
| Born | San Antonio |
| Genres | Jazz |
| Occupations | Instrumentalist, composer |
| Instruments | clarinet, bass clarinet |
| Website | andybiskin |
Andy Biskin (né Andrew Barry Biskin; born in San Antonio, Texas), 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.[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. The piece was featured in 2013 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival.[3][4]
