An accomplished Jazz musician, Andy Stein has been a featured soloist with Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, Paquito D'Rivera, Phil Woods, Manhattan Transfer, Jon Faddis, Dick Hyman, Jon Hendricks, Eddie Daniels, Turtle Island String Quartet, Vince Giordano's Nighthawks, Ken Peplowski, Bob Wilbur, Harold Ashby, Andy Bey, John Pizzarelli, Bucky Pizzarelli, etc. Since the 1980's Stein has been known for his recreations of the early work of Joe Venuti, considered the first jazz violinist of the 1920's, whose recordings inspired the careers of Stéphane Grappelli and many others. Stein's tributes in concert and and on two discs have all met with critical acclaim.

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"From a profound understanding of the music of the 1920s and '30s, Andy Stein places the hot violin of Joe Venuti in fine focus. Although Stein's

re-creation of Venuti's playing is more authentic than any I've previously heard, he adds a personal element, presenting a new Venuti, in fact, to the twenty-first century."    -Dick Hyman