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Act Necessary

By Andy Biskin

Label: Strudelmedia
Released: 2014
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Andy Biskin Ibid: Act Necessary

Read "Act Necessary" reviewed by Libero Farnè

by Libero Farnè
September 22, 2014

Questo CD del nuovo quartetto Ibid, anomalo nel coniugare tre fiati e una batteria, rappresenta l'ultimo approdo dell'onnivoro Andy Biskin, nato in Texas, formatosi alla Yale University e con molte esperienze nel suo bagaglio musicale. Si percepiscono echi del passato nel percorso movimentato di Act Necessary; evidentemente Biskin appartiene a quella schiera di artisti che non ...

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Andy Biskin's Ibid: Act Necessary

Read "Act Necessary" reviewed by Dave Wayne

by Dave Wayne
August 28, 2014

A working jazz musician in New York City and environs since 1991, clarinetist, composer, and filmmaker Andy Biskin is a modern-day Renaissance Man. The Texas native was already a fixture in San Antonio's polka scene (yes, people, this is a thing) as a teenager, Biskin attended Yale where he double-majored in music and anthropology. Later, he ...

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Andy Biskin Ibid: Act Necessary

Read "Act Necessary" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
July 6, 2014

Act Necessary is clarinetist-composer Andy Biskin's fifth album, where he integrates the jazz idiom into Americana, slapstick fare, funk and other disparate genres. He's an artist who stands out among his peers as he goes against the grain, while always mingling wit and whimsy into his overall musicality. Biskin's amiable and bubbly clarinet work forges an ...