We caught up with mandolin and clarinet great Andy Statman on one of his rare tours through the Pacific Northwest. Statman had just wrapped up a master class at the University of Washington and agreed to meet us at Dusty Strings music shop.

After a lengthy interview, we asked the Andy Statman Trio (Andy Statman, Jim Whitney on bass and Larry Eagle on percussion) to play a tune for us. Statman put his Kimble mandolin through its paces on this out-of-this-world version of “Liberty.” At around the five minute mark, we wised up and started filming him up close with an iPhone. We hope you enjoy.

For more information about the Andy Statman Trio, visit his site here: andystatman.org.