5-26-2022 (Ballroom)

This meeting of one of the hottest rising bluegrass guitarists & one of the most revered and important mandolinists of all-time is a must-see.  

Andy Statman is a virtuosic musician known for his pioneering fusion of bluegrass, klezmer, jazz and other disparate styles. Andy first established himself as a mandolin master and then helped to ignite a neo-klezmer revival as a clarinetist. Over the coming decades, he continued the path of an intrepid musical explorer, collaborating constantly across genres, leading his own bands and switching back and forth from his two primary instruments on influential albums like 1986's “Nashville Mornings, New York Nights” 1997's “Between Heaven and Earth” and 2006's “New Shabbos Waltz.” By the mid-2000s, Statman had released several albums with his trio, touring consistently throughout the U.S., Europe and Israel. His vast and varied résumé speaks for itself in terms of his adventurous nature.
“Bill Monroe and John Coltrane poured into one person. .. He (Andy) plays all those just great crazy jazz kind of licks, but with the heart and fire of Bill Monroe ... I don't know anyone else that approaches the mandolin the way he does." - Ricky Skaggs
"One of the greatest mandolinists of this, or any, era. He thinks at the speed of light and can play whatever he thinks of. As an improviser, he is fearless, and his musical vocabulary has no limitations."  - Chicago Tribune

Jake Eddy is a bluegrass guitarist born and raised in Parkersburg, West Virginia. He began his music career and lifelong addiction to the road by playing banjo professionally at the age of fourteen with bluegrass-legend Melvin Goins. His guitar playing, which is primarily influenced by bluegrass and jazz, is showcased on his debut album of fiddle tunes, entitled "Jake Eddy," which features such greats as Grammy-award winning Bryan Sutton, Rob Ickes, and Kenny Smith. He tours as a sideman with the Becky Buller Band from Manchester, TN as well as his own group.
“When guitarist Jake Eddy gets going, it sounds like someone accidentally hit the fast-forward button - in a good way.” - Ben Salmon, Bandcamp