Andy Stein

For the American politician and businessman, see Andrew Stein.
Andy Stein in 2007

Andy Stein is a saxophone and violin player in the United States best known for his appearances with the country rock band Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen. He is also known for The Guys All-Star Shoe Band on the radio show A Prairie Home Companion and the movie. He has played on a number of musical recordings, including the soundtrack for National Lampoon's Movie Madness. He plays the violin in the Ken Burns documentary The War (2007).

Andy Stein made arrangements of classical pieces by Franz Schubert. He reworked the String Quartet No. 14, D.810, nicknamed Death and the Maiden, into a symphony for full orchestra, and the Fantasia in F minor, D.940 for piano four-hands into a Fantasia Concertante for piano and orchestra. These arrangements were repeatedly performed in the United States as well as Europe.

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