Steve Wiest
Steve Wiest | |
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![]() From Lab 2013: Steve Wiest directing the One O'Clock Lab Band during a recording session at Crystal Clear Sound Studios, Dallas, May 19–21, 2013 (photo by Michael Clements) | |
Background information | |
Birth name | John Stephen Wiest |
Born | Cleveland |
Genres | Jazz |
Occupation(s) | Musician, composer, cartoonist, music educator, author |
Instrument | Trombone |
Labels | Arabesque ArtistShare |
Website | steve-wiest www.du.edu |
Steve Wiest (né John Stephen Wiest; born 1957) is an American trombonist, composer, arranger, big band director, music educator at the collegiate level, jazz clinician, author, and illustrator/cartoonist. From 1981 to 1985, he was a featured trombonist and arranger with the Maynard Ferguson Band.[1] Wiest is in his tenth year as Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music. He is the Coordinator of the 21st Century Music Initiative at the school. Wiest has been a professor for thirty-five of the forty-four years that he has been a professional trombonist, composer, and arranger. From 2007 to 2014, Wiest was Associate Professor of Music in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas College of Music and, from March 2009 to August 2014, he was director of the One O'Clock Lab Band and coordinator of the Lab Band program. At North Texas, Wiest also taught conducting, trombone, and oversaw The U-Tubes — the College of Music's jazz trombone band. Wiest is a three-time Grammy nominee — individually in 2008 for Best instrumental Arrangement[2][3] and in 2010 for Best Instrumental Composition,[4] and collaboratively in 2010 for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album,[4][5] which he directed.[6] As of 2013, Wiest has in excess of 58 arrangements and compositions to his credit, which include 10 original compositions from his current project (see 2013–2014 project, below).
Career
1975–1980 | Wiest studied music as an undergraduate at the University of Southern Mississippi, earning, in 1980, a Bachelor of Music Degree in Jazz Studies. His chief mentor was Raoul F. Jerome (born 1939) — faculty member, bassist, theorist, trombonist, jazz education pioneer — who was founder of, and at the time Director of Jazz Studies at USM |
1981–1985 | Wiest was a featured trombonist and one of two arrangers with Maynard Ferguson,[1] touring five to seven months a year. Long tours were three months of nightly performances with a day or two off every week or two; short tours were three weeks. Notable concerts included:
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1985–1988 | In the fall semester of 1985, Wiest began graduate school at the University of North Texas. In 1988, he earned a master's degree in Jazz Studies.[7] While there, he played lead trombone in the One O'Clock Lab Band, which toured Australia (1986) and produced one live album, followed by four studio albums. Three of his compositions and one arrangement were recorded on Lab '86, Lab '87, and Lab '88, and another composition was recorded on Lab '89, after he graduated. As a grad student, Wiest directed the Nine O'Clock Lab Band (1985–1986), served as an arranging TA for Paris Rutherford (1986–1987), and directed the Three O'Clock Lab Band (1987–1988). Wiest studied trombone with Vern L. Kagarice, DMA. Independently, Wiest also studied trombone with Jay Friedman of the Chicago Symphony |
1988–1990 | From 1988 to 1990, Wiest served as Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, where, among other things, he ran the UTA Improvisation Camp and directed the Small Jazz Group Program |
1990–2007 | University of Wisconsin–Whitewater: For 17 years, from 1990 to 2007, Wiest was the Director of Jazz Studies and Trombone Performance at University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, directing jazz ensembles, which included a standard modern big band and the university's premier jazz band: an Art Blakey-style small group called The Jazz Symposium. He taught improvisation, music history, arranging,[8] and classical trombone. For a number of years, Wiest was a member of the Faculty Brass Quintet
Establishing a small group, rather than a big band, as the premier jazz ensemble and intensified advanced music laboratory was a pedagogical innovation of Wiest. The Jazz Symposium produced two CDs, one featuring guest artist Ernie Watts. Under the direction of Wiest, The Jazz Symposium performed at the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, and King's College London Doc Severinsen Big Band: From 1994 to 1999, Wiest was a member of the Doc Severinsen Big Band. In 2006, Wiest reunited with Maynard Ferguson for Maynard's final series of concerts: 6 nights, 12 sold-out performances at The Blue Note, Greenwich Village. Notable concerts included:
Frank Mantooth Big Band: Notable concerts:
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2007–2014 | From the fall of 2007 until August 2014, Wiest was at North Texas as Assistant Professor of Jazz Composition and Jazz Trombone.[9] Wiest founded The U-Tubes, the College's trombone band. In May 2009, Wiest became director of One O'Clock Lab Band and coordinator of the Lab Band Program, after having served as interim director since August 2008.[10] In the history of the Lab Band program — a program that began in 1946, the year that North Texas launched the world's first jazz studies degree,[11] Wiest was the program's fourth director. Of his 26 album discography as a trombonist, composer, arranger, and director, 14 were with the One O'Clock Lab Band — 7 as a student, one as an alumnus, and 6 as director.
Notable engagements by the One O'Clock under his direction included Birdland, March 2009, New York City; the 15th World Saxophone Congress, July 2009, Bangkok; a tour of Southern California, culminating in attending the 52nd Annual Grammy Awards, January 2010, Los Angeles; a tour of Ireland and England, 2010; and the 9th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival, as Special Guest, March 2013 |
2014–present | For 10 years, Wiest has been at Coordinator of the 21st Century Music Initiative at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music. |
Collaborators and mentors
Chief collaborators have included Maynard Ferguson, Slide Hampton, Doc Severinsen, Denis DiBlasio, Christopher G. Braymen, Jonathan B. Fairbank, Jimmy Pankow, and Bob Mintzer. Wiest said that key mentors have been Maynard Ferguson, Slide Hampton, Jimmy Pankow, and Denis J. DiBlasio.
2013–2014 project
In August 2013, Wiest, a sci-fi enthusiast, published a sci-fi novel, The Dover Stone: A Concerto for Folded Space.[12] Wiest explains that it is built on inter-connected vignettes or movements that comprise an epic tale of life from other worlds and our place in the cosmos. The Term "folded space" is a theoretical speed of travel, faster than the speed of light, exceeding relativistic velocity by folding space, bringing far to near, reducing the long distances to a virtual zero. The tale is the impetus for ten compositions by Wiest, who describes the works as "programmatically informed" by the science fiction."[13] The fictional vignettes culminate to answer real-life physicist Enrico Fermi's famous question, "Where is everybody?", a reference to the wonderment of life elsewhere in the universe. The stories occur in periods from 1182 to 2457.[13]
The Steve Wiest Eclectic Electric Band will record the compositions as one album titled, Concerto for Folded Space. Wiest's compositional style ranges from straight ahead to jazz fusion, and sometimes pop-rock. With this project, Wiest is experimenting with serialism, not in a strict sense, but many elements are generated from rows.
The musical portion is an ArtistShare project and is scheduled for release early 2014. The band members are Wiest (composer and trombonist), Stockton Helbing (drums, producer), Braylon Lacy (bass), Ryan Davidson (guitar), Noel Johnston (guitar), and Daniel Pardo (flute). Guest artist are Bob Mintzer (tenor sax), Arlington Jones (né Arlington Julius Jones II) (piano), and James Pankow (trombone).[13]
Essentially, ArtistShare is the record label and represents Wiest's foray into an alternative model for producing music. ArtistShare is a fan-funded platform where artists provide content for patrons who subscribe to access levels of their choosing. For example, on November 6, 2013, Wiest uploaded one in a series of "cool stuff", as he phrased it, to the Participant Zone of his ArtistShare Concerto for Folded Space site. The "cool stuff" included a "programmatic" analysis and complete score for "The Flutes of Glastonbury", one of the ten compositions.
Other sci-fi inspired compositions
Other sci-fi-related works composed by Wiest include "Ice-Nine", a 2009 composition scored for big band, drawn from Kurt Vonnegut's novel, Cat's Cradle. "New Cydoinia", a 2010 big-band arrangement, is a programmatic representation of all of the theories and stories surrounding the enigmatic area on Mars known as Cydonia. "A Night in Pidruid", a 2006 composition scored for big band, is a programmatic and thematic development of characters and events in Robert Silverberg's Lord Valentine's Castle. "Blues From Space", a 1984 composition scored for big band, is a novelty tune about an alien who brings a philosophy of "Sing the Blues" to Earth.
Formal education
- 1975: Diploma, Blair High School (now Hattiesburg High School), Hattiesburg, Mississippi
- Key influence: John Gary Cook (born 1940), high school band director
- 1980: Bachelor of Music degree, Jazz Studies, University of Southern Mississippi
- 1988: Master of Music degree, Jazz Studies, University of North Texas
- Chief collaborators: Neil Slater (born 1931), Rich Matteson
Trombone manufacturer artist affiliations
- Griego Mouthpieces — Wiest uses a Griego Artist Series trombone mouthpiece designed for him called the Griego-Wiest SW Model; the mouthpiece was commercially introduced April 2013
- Edwards Trombones — Wiest performs on an Edwards trombone, called the "Excalibur", which was exclusively designed for him by Elias Christan Griego of Edwards Instruments
- For more information on Edwards Trombones, see Getzen
Professional affiliations
- 1982 — Wiest became a member of ASCAP while composing and arranging for Maynard Ferguson; after a hiatus, he rejoined in 2009
Awards & recognition
Academic
- 1985–1986: Bill Stapleton Jazz Arranging Scholarship, University of North Texas College of Music
- 1986–1987: M.E. "Gene" Hall Jazz Scholarship, University of North Texas College of Music
Professional
- January 2007: Wisconsin Arts Board Fellowship Award[14]
- 2010: ASCAP Plus Award, for creative contributions to American music during the year
- Grammy nominations (see chart below)
Grammy Nominations | ||||
Nominee | Genre | Category | Title | Performing Artist |
50th Annual (for recordings released between October 1, 2006 and September 30, 2007) February 10, 2008 | ||||
Steve Wiest (1 of 5 nominees) |
Jazz | Best Instrumental Arrangement |
"Besame Mucho" from The One and Only |
Maynard Ferguson Big Bop Nouveau |
52nd Annual (for recordings released between Oct 1, 2008 and Aug 31, 2009) January 31, 2010 | ||||
One O'Clock Lab Band (1 of 5 nominees) |
Jazz | Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album |
Lab 2009 | One O'Clock Lab Band |
Steve Wiest (1 of 5 nominees) |
Composing & Arranging |
Best Instrumental Composition |
"Ice-Nine" from Lab 2009 |
One O'Clock Lab Band |
Family
Steve and Carmen Jean Wiest (formerly Diagostine, née Watzka) have been married twenty-four years. Carmen is a violinist, orchestra conductor, and music educator. Steve's father, John Thomas Wiest (1932–2006) was a trombonist[8] and his mother, Wanda Jean Stegall, is a retired educator. Wiest has three siblings, Jeanne Stegall-Keene, Robert Wiest and Andrew Wiest, PhD. Andrew Wiest is professor of history at the University of Southern Mississippi. One of Steve's cousins, Nick Drozdoff, is a notable jazz trumpeter and music educator based in the Chicago area. Drozdoff played with Maynard Ferguson in 1981 when Steve joined the band.[8] They are cousins by way of Steve's father and Nick's mother. Nick's mother was Mary Chase Lombard (formerly Drozdoff, née Wiest; 1921–2010), an influential puppeteer and early television pioneer known for her adaptations of Fearless Fosdick and Li'l Abner. Nick's father, Paul V. Drozdoff (1908–1958), was a notable third-generation concert pianist, born in Saint Petersburg, Russia and, as a child with his parents, immigrated to the United States. Steve Wiest's paternal grandfather, Waldo (Wally) Hayes Wiest (1888–1968), was a commercial artist who had worked with Sam Gold, Inc. (Chicago), Frederick Voges, Einson-Freeman Co., Inc. (Chicago), then his own company that he founded with Fred Voges — Advertising Ingenuities, Inc. (Chicago). Wally was known within brand management and advertising circles for his work with "premium" giveaways and product characters such as Kellogg's "Snap, Crackle and Pop."[15]
Steve Wiest has a daughter, Amber, and two sons, Matthew and David.[12]
Works
Selected sessionography & discography
As leader
- Steve Wiest Big Band
Excalibur
Recorded in Chicago, August 5, 6 & 19, 2005
Arabesque AJO180 (2006); OCLC 71803153[16] - Quintet
Out of the New
Arabesque AJ0189 (2008) (sample video)- Wiest (trombone); Stefan Karlsson (piano), Lynn Seaton (bass), Ed Soph (drums), and Fred Hamilton (né Frederick E. Hamilton) (guitar)[17]
- The Steve Wiest Eclectic Electric Band
Concerto for Folded Space
ArtistShare (scheduled release, early 2014)[18]- Stockton Helbing (drums, producer), Braylon Lacy (bass), Ryan Davidson (guitar), Noel Johnston (guitar), Daniel Pardo (flute)
- Featured guests: (i) Bob Mintzer (tenor sax), (ii) Arlington Jones (né Arlington Julius Jones II) (piano), (iii) James Pankow (trombone)
As director of the One O'Clock Lab Band
- Lab 2009 (CD); OCLC 501845958
- Lab 2010 (CD); OCLC 671237830
- Lab 2011 (CD & DVD); OCLC 774025959
- Lab 2012 (CD & DVD); OCLC 888207380
- Lab 2013 (CD); OCLC 888211926
- Lab 2014 (CD)
As director of the U-Tubes
As director of The Jazz Symposium, UW-Whitewater
- Presenting the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Jazz Symposium (1898) OCLC 41887813
- Tracks 3 & 4 recorded live at the Montreux Jazz Festival, June 1996
- Track 7 recorded live at Irvin L. Young Auditorium, UW-Whitewater, February 1996
- Tracks 1 & 2, 5 & 6, 8 & 9 recorded in a studio 1996
- The best of the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Jazz Symposium: 1996–1997 (1997) OCLC 41887538
As trombonist and arranger with Maynard Ferguson
- 1982 Playboy Jazz Festival, Two volumes (video)
- Recorded live from The Hollywood Bowl, June 19 & 20, 1982
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1984); OCLC 11277497, 11308429
- Maynard Ferguson, Stan Mark, Alan Wise, Hobby Freeman (trumpets); Steve Wiest, Cris Braymen (trombones); Nelson Hill (alto sax); Dan Jordan (tenor sax); Denis DiBlasio (bari sax, flute); Ron Pedley (keyboards); Matt Bissonette (bass); Gregg Bissonette (Drums)
- Storm
Live, Studio, Hollywood, California, June 23 & 24, 1982
Palo Alto Records (1982); OCLC 10289106 - Live From San Francisco
Recorded at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, May 27, 1983
Palo Alto PA8077N (1983); OCLC 219922580, 12177630, 30868313 - Kool Jazz Festival (1982)
Recorded live for the Voice of America on July 3, 1982
Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Saratoga, New York; OCLC 50311711, 50539572 - The One And Only
Recorded at Bennett Studios, Englewood, New Jersey, July 25–30, 2006
Maynard Ferguson Trust (2007); OCLC 173844972- "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone", arranged by Wiest (audio sample)
- "Besame Mucho", arranged by Wiest, Grammy nominee (audio sample)[19]
As trombonist with the Frank Mantooth Jazz Orchestra
- Per-se-vere
Recorded at Streeterville Studios,[20] Chicago, October 5–7 & 29, 1989
Optimism Records (1987), released by Sea Breeze; OCLC 34834322, 724753681 - Dangerous Precedent
Recorded at Streeterville Studios,[20] Chicago, December 1991 to December 1992
Sea Breeze (1993); OCLC 28959540 - Sophisticated Lady
Recorded January 23, April 24, December 13 & 14, 1994
Sea Breeze (1995); OCLC 36112415
As trombonist with other artists
- Arch Martin (né Archie Eugene Martin; 1931–2009)
Jazz In Good Taste, Janelle (1993)
Recorded in Kansas City, July 3 & 4, 1993 - Doc Severinsen and His Big Band
Swingin' The Blues
Recorded in Hollywood, February 4 & 5, 1999
Azica Records & Naxos Digital (1999); OCLC 566347755, 611389358 - Ronnie Bedford & Friends
QuaDRUMvirate
Recorded in Powell, Wyoming, October 4, 1999
Progressive PCD-7123; OCLC 611389358
As student trombonist and arranger with the One O'Clock Lab Band
- With Respect to Stan; OCLC 15194323, 26909870, 471680842
- Recorded at Chelsea Sound Studios, New York, 1986
- Live in Australia – The 1986 Tour; (CD) OCLC 22197060
- Recorded at the Festival Theatre, Adelaide, Australia, July 20, 1986
- Lab '86; OCLC 15194508, 471682847
- Recorded at the Dallas Sound Lab, Irving, Texas, May 1986
- Trombonist and composer of "The Miles Files" (1986) (audio from Lab '86)
- Lab '87; OCLC 22197091
- Recorded at the Dallas Sound Lab, Irving, Texas, May 17 & 18, 1987
- Lab '88; OCLC 22197083
- Recorded at the Dallas Sound Lab, Irving, Texas, May 14 & 15, 1988
- Trombonist and composer of "On the Edge" (1988) (audio from Lab '88, trombone solo by Wiest)
As composer and trombonist with other artists
- One O'Clock Lab Band
Lab '89; OCLC 22865000
Recorded at the Dallas Sound Lab, Irving, Texas, April 30 & May 1, 1989
"With You", composed & arranged by Wiest (as an alumni) - Dan Cavanagh's (né Daniel M. Cavanagh) Jazz Emporium Big Band
Pulse, OA2 Records 22048 (2008); OCLC 299511258- Recorded at Crystal Clear Sound Recording Studios, Dallas, Texas, March 2 & 3, 2008
- Stockton Helbing (né Stockton Thomas Helbing)
For Nothing is Secret, Armored Records (2007); OCLC 606536674- Recorded in Dallas, Texas, December 13–15, 2006
Selected compositions and arrangements
Kendor Music, Inc., distributor
- "Art Appreciation"
A tribute to Art Blakey
Composed & arranged by Wiest
Cojarco Music, Inc. (1998); OCLC 612781983 - "The Groove", (composed in the style of Art Blakey)
Commissioned by the Illinois Music Educators Association
1999 All State Jazz Ensemble (1999) - "Thaditude"
Commissioned by the Jazz Division of the Illinois Music Educators Association
2009 Illinois All State Jazz Ensemble
Doug Beach Music (2009) (ASCAP)
- "Art Appreciation"
UNC Jazz Press, Greeley, Colorado
- From One O'Clock Lab Band albums
- "The Miles Files"
(audio from Lab '86) (live in 1997) (1986) - "Upside Downside"
Composed by Mike Stern
Arranged by Wiest
(recorded on Lab '87) (1986); OCLC 498390714
- "The Miles Files"
- Video sample, DR Big Band, 2007
- "Night Visions"
Composed & arranged by Wiest
(recorded on Lab '87) (1987); OCLC 498390620 - "On the Edge" (1988)
(audio from Lab '88), trombone solo by Wiest - "With You"
(recorded on Lab '89; OCLC 22865000) (1989)
- "Night Visions"
- From UNC Jazz Lab Band 1 albums
- "Second Thought", composed & arranged by Wiest (1998); OCLC 498390445
- "Gotham City", commissioned by the University of Northern Colorado Lab Band I (1991)
- "Another Frame", arranged by Wiest (1998) (composed 1985); OCLC 222416215
- From other projects
- "The Modal House of Hip Hop"
Commissioned by Curt Hanrahan for the Milwaukee Youth Jazz Ensemble (2005) - "Overview"
Commissioned by Neil E. Hansen, Northwest College (1998)
- "The Modal House of Hip Hop"
Walrus Music Publishing – trade name for Daniel Franz Beher, Pismo Beach, California (audio samples)
- "The Fulton Files", commissioned by Jesse Woolery for Denton High School, composed 2012
- "Don't Give Up Hope"
Dedicated to the victims of the 2011 Tōhoku tsunami - "It Happened On Cooper Street"
Commissioned by Tim Ishii for the University of Texas at Arlington
Composed by Wiest 2012 (ASCAP)
- From One O'Clock Lab Band albums
- "Spirals" (from Lab 2008)
- "Ice-Nine" (video from Lab 2009); (live from Birdland, March 10, 2009)
- "New Cydonia" (video from Lab 2010)
- "The Last Theme Song" (video from Lab 2011)
- "Denton Standard Time" (from Lab 2013)
- Written for other North Texas lab bands
- "Puddin' Time"
Composed by Brad Leali (née) Bradford C Leali
Arranged 2010 by Wiest for the Three O'Clock Lab Band, Brad Leali, director - "Wes' Side Story" (Wes Montgomery)
Composed 2010 by Wiest for the Two O'Clock, Jay Saunders, director
- "Puddin' Time"
- From the album, Excalibur
- "Excalibur", composed by Wiest 2006
- "The Silver Spin", composed by Wiest 2006
- "Cerulean 12", composed by Wiest 2006
- "The Once and Future Groove", composed by Wiest 2006
- "A Night In Pidruid", composed by Wiest 2006
Maynard Ferguson Publishing and library[21]
- Recorded and performed by the Maynard Ferguson Band
- "Besame Mucho
Composed by Consuelo Velázquez & Sunny Skylar
Arranged by Wiest 2006
(recorded on The One and Only; OCLC 173844972) - "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone"
Composed by Bill Withers
Arranged by Wiest 2004
(recorded on The One and Only; OCLC 173844972) - "I Love You"
Composed by Cole Porter
Arranged by Wiest
(recorded on Brass Attitude; OCLC 40582399) - "I'm Old Fashioned"
Music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Arranged by Wiest 2004
(recorded on MF Horn VI; OCLC 607863162)
- "Besame Mucho
- Performed by the Maynard Ferguson Band
- "Smile Again", composed & arranged by Wiest 1981
- "Brother to Brother", composed by Gino Vannelli, arranged by Wiest 1981
- "Gabriel's Gig Bag", composed & arranged by Wiest 1982
- "Return of the Chameleon", based on "Chameleon" by Herbie Hancock, adopted and arranged by Wiest 1983
- "Blues From Space", lyrics & music by Wiest (1984)
- "Tyrannosaurus", composed & arranged by Wiest 1984
- "Whiplash", composed & arranged by Wiest 1984
- "Compared to You", lyrics & music by Wiest (1985)
- "Portrait of Pamela J.", composed & arranged by Wiest (1985)
- "Balboa", composed & arranged by Wiest 1985
- "Megabyte", composed & arranged by Wiest 1999
- "Step Aside", composed & arranged by Wiest 1999
Other publishers
- Recorded and performed by the Maynard Ferguson Band
- "Portuguese Love"
Composed by Teena Marie Brockert
Arranged by Todd Cochran, adapted by Wiest 1982
(from the "Live" performance by Maynard Ferguson), Jobete Publishing (1982); OCLC 756979151
- "Portuguese Love"
- Performed by the Maynard Ferguson Band
- From One O'Clock Lab Band albums
- "The Fifth Shade" (audio sample from Lab 2012) at 4:00
- From the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater
- "Bu's Groove"
"Bu" is short for "Buhaina", Art Blakey's Muslim surname
Composed by Michael W. Plog
Arranged by Wiest 2000
- "Bu's Groove"
Unpublished
- "Hornets Nest" (1988)
Composed as a possible theme song for the Charlotte Hornets basketball franchise
- "Hornets Nest" (1988)
Jazz festivals, concerts, master classes, and workshops
In addition to Wiest's concert appearances at music festivals, clinics, and camps as director of the One O'Clock Lab Band, he has appeared as an artist and clinician with organizations and events that include:
Collegiate
- Northwest Jazz Festival, Northwest College, Powell, Wyoming (1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998)
- Coe College Jazz Summit (1998)
- The Elmhurst College Jazz Festival (2009)[22]
- The University of Texas at Tyler (2007, 2010)[23]
- The University of Southern Mississippi Symphony Orchestra (2011)[24]
- Texas Tech Jazz Ensemble I
- Missouri State University Jazz Studies Ensemble, Springfield Jazz Festival (guest soloist; 2012)
- The Illinois State University Jazz Festival (2012)[25]
- The Illinois Wesleyan University Jazz Festival (headliner; 2011, 2012)[26]
- Sunbelt Jazz Festival, University of West Georgia
- Middle Tennessee Jazz Orchestra
- Rowan University Jazz Festival, Glassboro, New Jersey
- University of Northern Colorado Jazz Festival, Greeley
Scholastic
- Annual South Dakota All-State Jazz Band Festival (1995, 1996, 1999)[27][28]
- The Cudahy High School Band Cudahy, Wisconsin (1991 & 1995)[29]
- Youth Jazz Ensemble of DuPage, Wheaton, Illinois (2005)
- Beloit Memorial High School, Beloit, Wisconsin (2006)
- Lincoln Senior High School, East St. Louis, Illinois (Miles Davis' alma mater)[30]
- Badger Union High School Jazz Band, Geneva, Wisconsin
- Rolling Meadows High School Jazz Festival, Rolling Meadows, Illinois (2009)
Regional, national, professional
- The Sioux Falls Jazz and Blues Festival (2006)
- The Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival (2007)[31]
- The Jazz Knights, United States Military Academy Band (2007)
- Albuquerque Jazz Orchestra, 2008 NMIAJE Jazz All-State Conference (New Mexico Chapter if the International Association of Jazz Education)
- Army Blues, United States Army Band, Eastern Trombone Workshop (2011)
As director of The Jazz Symposium, UW-Whitewater
As director of the One O'Clock Lab Band
- Guinness Jazz Festival, Cork (city), Ireland
- Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival
- Folsom Jazz Festival, Folsom, California
Selected videography and podcasts
- Playboy Jazz Festival, 1982, Volume II
RCA Columbia Pictures Home Video (1984); OCLC 11308429- "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", by Michael Jackson
Arranged by Denis DiBlasio (Wiest solo at 1:44)
- "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough", by Michael Jackson
- 2nd Annual Budweiser Newport Jazz Festival, Madarao, Japan (August 1983)
- Source: Japanese TV footage
- "Bebop Buffet, Part I," a tribute to Dizzy Gillespie, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, Miles Davis, and Clifford Brown
Arranged by Denis DiBlasio - "Gonna Fly Now" (theme from Rocky) (at 14:15)
- Personnel includes Maynard Ferguson – soloist (leader, trumpet), Steve Wiest (trombone), Tim Ries – soloist (alto sax), Daniel Jordan – soloist (tenor sax), Denis DiBlasio – soloist (bari sax, piccolo, scat singing), Gregg Bissonette (bass), Matt Bissonette (drums)
- Live at Disneyland (1983)
"Bebop Buffet, Part I" (Wiest solo at 8:44)
- Live at Disneyland (1983)
- ZDF Jazz Club, studio broadcast with live audience, Berlin (1987)
- Berlin Jazz Festival, November 7, 1987, shared billing with the Chick Corea Acoustic Band, and the Gil Evans Orchestra — multinational broadcast, ZDF
- High Voltage personnel: Maynard Ferguson (trumpet, leader), Matt Wallace (tenor & alto sax), Michael Lufkin (bass), John Toomey (keyboards), Tom Bevan (guitar), David Tull (drums), Billy Hulting (percussion, vibes, marimba, midi-mallet, beat-boxer)
- Added personnel: Wayne Bergeron, Don Hahn (trumpets), Steve Wiest (reuniting while in grad school), Tim Ries (alto sax), Denis DiBlasio (bari sax, flute)
- Maynard Ferguson Tribute Concert DVD (2007), Vol. 1 of 2; OCLC 180193073
- Recorded live, September 20, 2006, Touhill Performing Arts Center, University of Missouri–St. Louis
- Personnel on Vol. 1 includes: Trumpets — Wayne Bergeron, Carl Fischer, Ernie Hammes, Stan Mark, Eric Miyashiro, Dennis Noday, Lew Soloff, Andrea Tofanelli, Walter White, Patrick Hession, Steve Schankman, Peter Olstad, Serafin Aguilar; saxes — Mike Dubaniewicz (alto), Matt Wallace (tenor), Denis DiBlasio (bari); trombones — Steve Wiest; piano — Christian Jacob, Chip Stevens, Jeff Lashway
- One O'Clock Alumni Lab Band, 50-Year Anniversary of the UNT Jazz Studies Program (1997)
- Director: Leon Breeden; saxes: Jim Riggs (lead), Dan Higgins, Lou Marini, Randy Lee, Bev Smith; trumpets: Gary Grant (lead), Jay Saunders, John Thomas, Clay Jenkins, Marv Stamm; trombones: Tom "Bones" Malone (lead), Steve Wiest, Chris Seiter, Jimmy Clark (bass), Bill Guthrie (bass); rhythm: Dan Haerle (piano), Ed Soph (drums), Jack Peterson (guitar), Tony Scherr (bass), Gene Glover (percussion)
- Solos: Jim Riggs (soprano), Clay Jenkins (trumpet), Randy Lee (tenor), Steve Wiest (trombone), Dan Higgins (alto), Chris Seiter (trombone), Ed Soph (drums), and Gary Grant (trumpet).
- "A Good Time Was Had By All," composed by Thad Jones
Other works
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Cartoons and illustrations
- Diblasio's Bop Shop: Getting Started in Improvisation
By Denis DiBlasio
Cartoon illustrations by Wiest
Kendor Music (1986); OCLC 20568610 - Diblasio's Bop Shop: The Sequel — Conception & Ear Training For Beginning Improvisation
By Denis DiBlasio
Cartoon illustrations by Wiest
Kendor Music (1987); OCLC 24892741, 25093474 - The Jazz Educator's Handbook
By Jeffrey S. Jarvis (born 1952) & Douglas S. Beach (born 1956)
Cartoon illustrations by Wiest
Kendor Music (2002); OCLC 50031871, 850199144 - Denis DiBlasio
Perpetual Baggage Claim (CD)
Cover art: Wiest; OCLC 49734502 - Brad Dutz, Camels, Nine Winds (CD)
Caricatures by Wiest; OCLC 32095806
Articles
- Take the Lead for Trombone
By Wiest
Hal Leonard (1995); OCLC 28532540, 795288188, 221969784, OCLC 68715014 - Remembering the King:
A Tribute to James Louis "JJ" Johnson 1929–2001
A Collection of Remembrances of the late JJ Johnson, by Wiest, Wayne Andre, David Baker, Matt Calvert, Bill Hughes, Curtis Fuller, Benny Powell, and Steve Turre
ITA Journal, International Trombone Association, Vol. 30, No. 2, April 2002, pps. 14–16; ISSN 0145-3513 - Inclusion: Slide Hampton at Wisconsin-Whitewater
By Wiest, Edwards Trombones website (2003) - The Sound of Success: James Pankow
Transcription of "Hanky Panky"
Article & transcription by Wiest
ITA Journal, International Trombone Association, Vol. 32, No. 1, January 2004, pps 35–37; ISSN 0145-3513 - Focused Eclecticism: The Art of Steve Turre
Transcription: "Steve's Blues"
Article and transcription by Wiest
ITA Journal, International Trombone Association, April 2005, Vol. 33, pps. 36–45; ISSN 0145-3513 - Trombone Masterclass: Developing an Efficient Airstream
By Wiest
Windplayer (magazine), 2005, Issue 67, pps. 34–35; ISSN 0895-1527 - Book Review: Jazz Bones: The World of Jazz Trombones
By Wiest
ITA Journal, International Trombone Association, July 2007, Vol. 35, No. 3, pg. 62; ISSN 0145-3513 - Jazz Advocacy in the 21st Century
By Wiest, Instrumentalist (magazine), December 2012, Vol. 67, No. 5, pps. 27–45; ISSN 0020-4331 - Album review: The Callum Au Big Band: "Something's Coming"
By Wiest
The Trombonist, British Trombone Society, Autumn/Winter 2013; OCLC 30405211, 474888784, 47240055 & OCLC 224645146
Liner notes
Digital media jazz advocacy
- Created the One O'Clock website (www
.theoneoclock .com) - Founded The Denton Messenger, an e-newsletter covering jazz and the One O'Clock
- Created One O'Clock mobile apps for the iPhone and android
- Founded The Blog Shed, covering jazz and the One O'Clock (swiest2
.wordpress .com)
References
- General references
- The Jazz Discography, West Vancouver: Lord Music Reference; OCLC 182585494
- UNT Names One O'Clock Lab Band Director, by Stephen Becker, Art&Seek (a journal of KERA FM & KERA-TV), April 3, 2009
- Wiest interview: Jazz at One O'Clock, by Jerome Weeks, Art&Seek on Think TV (a journal of KERA FM & KERA-TV), June 29, 2009
- Inline citations
- ^ a b Steve Wiest Interview, by Matthew J. Keller (born 1975), webmaster of the www
.maynardferguson .com (interviewed around 2000) - ^ The Complete List of Grammy Nominees, New York Times, December 6, 2007
- ^ Wiest Nominated for Grammy, ITA Journal, International Trombone Association, April 2006, Vol. 36, No. 2, pg. 6
- ^ a b Grammy Awards: List of Winners, New York Times, January 31, 2010
- ^ School Notes, Down Beat, February 2010, Vol. 77, No. 2, pg. 78
- ^ Contemporary art music in Texas: a Guide to Composers, Organizations, and Degree Programs, by Stephen J. Lias (born 1966), Stephen F. Austin State University Press (2011); OCLC 774693911
- ^ University of North Texas Alumni Directory 1994, (1994), pg. 627; OCLC 610287171, 733649776, 768191551
- ^ a b c A Conversation with … Trombonist Steve Wiest, by Kevin M. Mitchell, JAZZed Magazine, June 21, 2007, Symphony Publishing Company, June/July 2007, pps. 26–33; OCLC 762001345, 848214328, 795990712, OCLC 81146088
- ^ New Positions, ITA Journal, International Trombone Association, July 2007, Vol. 35, No. 3, pps. 10–11; ISSN 0145-3513
- ^ Wiest Accepts Baton to Lead One O'Clock Lab Band, by Lucinda R. Breeding, Denton Record-Chronicle, May 17, 2009
- ^ We Put "Mr. Swing" Beneath the Microscope, by Charlie Lee Hill (1910–2002), The School Musician, Vol. 19, No. 4, December 1947, pps. 14-15 ISSN 0886-2184
- ^ a b The Dover Stone: A Concerto for Folded Space, by Wiest, self published (August 19, 2013); ISBN 1491202645 & 978-1491202647
- ^ Alison Townsend, Steve Wiest Receives Arts Board Fellowships, US Fed News Service, Washington, D.C., January 4, 2007
- ^ More on Blue Ribbon Pop-ups, by Anne Williams, Movable Stationary, Vol. 5, No. 3, September 1997 ISSN 1097-1270
- ^ Excalibur album reviews:
- The Steve Wiest Big Band, by Brian Robinson, Jazz Journal International, July 2008, Vol. 61, No. 7, pg. 35; ISSN 0140-2285
- Excalibur, Tom Brantley, ITA Journal, International Trombone Association, Vol. 35, No. 2, pps. 43–44; ISSN 0145-3513
- Full Blown/Excalibur, Jack Bowers, Cadence: The Review of Jazz & Blues, February 2007, Vol. 33, No. 2, pps. 128–129; ISSN 0162-6973
- Excalibur, by Brian Soergel, Jazz Times, April 2007, Vol. 37, No. 3, pg. 90; ISSN 0272-572X
- Excalibur, by Curtis Davenport, Jazz Improv, Winter 2007, Vol. 7, No. 1, pg. 233; ISSN 1080-3572
- Excalibur: A Review, by Bob Bernotas, Trombone Journal
- ^ Out of the New album reviews:
- Trombone Trilogy: Bill Cantrall, Marshall Gilkes and Steve Wiest, by Jakob Kaekgaard, All About Jazz, January 21, 2009
- ^ One and Only album review: The One And Only, by Silsbee, Down Beat, Vol 74, No. 9, September 2007; ISSN 0012-5768
- ^ a b Streeterville Studios, Inc. (1969–2002) was owned by James C. Dolan (1924–2006)
- ^ Maynard Ferguson Collection, Special Collections, University of North Texas Libraries (2008)
- ^ Kirkwood Community College Swings at Elmhurst Festival, US Fed News Service, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2009
- ^ University of Texas-Tyler to present Jazz Concert Featuring Steve Wiest, US Fed News Service, Washington, D.C., March 18, 2010
- ^ Three Music Alumni to Join Symphony Orchestra in 'Triple Play' March 26, Washington, D.C., Targeted News Service, March 24, 2011
- ^ Trombonist Steve Wiest Headlines Jazz Festival March 23 & 24, US Fed News Service, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2012
- ^ Annual Jazz Festival to Feature Grammy-Nominated Performer, Illinois Wesleyan University News Service, January 3, 2011
- ^ Musicians Ready To Rock With Jazz, by Dennis McDermott, Aberdeen American News, Aberdeen, South Dakota, May 4, 1996, pg. 3B
- ^ School Scene: Area Students in All-State Jazz Band, Aberdeen American News, Aberdeen, South Dakota, April 27, 1999, pg. 5B
- ^ Milwaukee Journal
- Cudahy Band Bizarre '91 set for Saturday, January 28, 1991, pg. B3
- Cudahy Band Bizarre '95 set for Saturday, February 28, 1995, pg. B4
- ^ Writing the Book on Jazz Education, by Eliahu Sussman, JAZZed Magazine, March 2008, pps. 12–17 OCLC 762001345, 848214328, 795990712, OCLC 81146088
- ^ Get Out: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival, St. Louis Post-Dispatch April 18, 2007, pg. E2
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