STEVE WIEST with THE DANA LANDRY TRIO on APRIL 11, 2008 7PM

2007 GRAMMY NOMINEE!!

Steve Wiest is an Associate Professor in the Jazz Studies Division of the College of Music at the University of North Texas. He teaches jazz composition, jazz arranging, and jazz trombone. Along with these duties, Steve also directs the new UNT jazz trombone band: “The U-Tubes”, an ensemble that consists of 5-8 trombones, and full rhythm section. The group performs original material composed and arranged by UNT students and faculty as well as music from the classic jazz trombone repertoire.

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Location:
Griffin Concert Hall - more information
1400 Remington Street, Fort Collins, CO 80523

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Parking: Free event parking after 5pm.

Look forward to seeing you at the show!!

Steve Wiest (Bio)
Dana Landry (Bio)
Erik Applegate (Bio)
Jim White (Bio)

About Steve Wiest
Arabesque recording artist Steve Wiest is in great demand as a featured soloist, composer/arranger and clinician. He has performed extensively in the U.S., South America, Australia, Japan, and Europe. Wiest's new solo CD: "Excalibur: The Steve Wiest Big Band" was released in August of 2006 by Arabesque Jazz to wide critical acclaim.

From 1981-1986, Steve was the featured trombonist and one of the arrangers for Maynard Ferguson's Band. While with Maynard, he recorded two CDs: "Storm" and "Live From San Francisco", and one two-volume video: "The Playboy Jazz Festival". During this time, Steve and the M.F. band also performed with a number of guest artists including: Freddie Hubbard, Slide Hampton, Wynton Marsalis, David Clayton Thomas, Lew Soloff, Billy Eckstein, and Mel Torme. Maynard has recorded a number of Steve's compositions and arrangements including: "South 21st Shuffle" (Live From San Francisco), "Portuguese Love" (The Playboy Jazz Festival), "I Love You" (Brass Attitude) and "I'm Old Fashioned" on MF Horn VI. Steve reunited with Maynard for a final performance at the Blue Note in New York for 12 sold out shows in July, 2006. The all-star MF alum group then went into the studio to record what would be Maynard's final CD, which was released in March, 2007. Included on this release is Wiest's arrangements of "Besame Mucho" and "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone"

Following his years with Ferguson, Steve completed a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas. While at UNT, he was the lead trombonist and one of the featured arrangers for the UNT 1:00 Lab Band. His composing, arranging, and trombone playing can be heard on the following UNT CDs: "Lab '86", "Lab '87", "Lab '88", " With Respect To Stan", "Live From Australia", "The Best of The 1:00", and "Fifty Years of Jazz at North Texas". Steve also contributed a chart to "Lab 89". In 1997 in celebration of the 50th year of the UNT Jazz Studies Program, Steve was a featured soloist with an all-star band of UNT alumni that included: Tom Malone, Ed Soph, Marvin Stamm, Lou Marini, and Jack Peterson.

After a two-year stint as Assistant Director of Jazz Studies at The University of Texas at Arlington, [1988-1990], Steve became Director of Jazz Studies and Trombone at The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. During his tenure at UW-Whitewater, Steve was also a regular member of the Doc Severinsen Big Band and recorded "Swingin' The Blues" with Doc on Azika Records in 2000. Steve was appointed Assistant Professor of Jazz Composition and Trombone at the University of North Texas in 2007.

Steve has a number of arrangements and texts published with various companies including Kendor, Doug Beach, Hal Leonard, Ron Keezer's Really good Music and The University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press. All the music from his new CD will be available in early 2008 on the website: www.trombonesonline.com.

2007 GRAMMY NOMINATION!!
Steve Wiest's arrangement of "Besame Mucho", which was featured on Maynard's final CD, "The One and Only Maynard Ferguson", was nominated for a Grammy in the category of Best Instrumental Arrangement. Steve, who also contributed his considerable trombone skills to the CD, was a fan favorite on Maynard's band in the 80s.

Dana Landry directs UNC Jazz Lab I and the Northern Colorado Voices, the top vocal jazz group at UNC. Prior to joining UNC, Landry was Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Middle Tennessee State University. While at MTSU, he directed MTSU Jazz Ensemble I, the MTSU Singers, jazz combos, and taught improvisation, jazz pedagogy, jazz theory, jazz piano, and jazz history. He was the founding director of the Middle Tennessee Jazz Orchestra, a professional big band in residence at MTSU. Landry established the MTSU Jazz Artist Series and was instrumental in the formation of the Main Street Jazz Festival, one of the largest jazz festivals in the mid-south. In addition, he wrote the curriculum for a Bachelor of Music and Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies. Landry, a pianist, has performed with jazz artists such as Milt Jackson, Bela Fleck, Bill Watrous, Billy Pierce, Lew Tabackin, Alan Dawson, Tony Reedus, Ricky Woodard, Jeff Coffin, David Liebman, Marvin Stamm, Slide Hampton, and others. He has made club and festival appearances in Europe, Australia, and throughout the U.S. While living in Tennessee, he served as the principal pianist with the Tennessee Philharmonic and performed several concerts each year with the Nashville Symphony and the Stones River Chamber Players. He has recently completed his first CD as a leader, to be released next year, Featuring Gary Burton on vibraphone. Landry has presented workshops and master classes at colleges and universities throughout the country and has adjudicated high school and college jazz ensembles at festivals in Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, Kansas, Virginia, Alabama, and Tennessee. He also serves on the faculty of the Yellowstone Jazz Camp, the Britt Jazz Workshop in Oregon and the Rocky Mountain Vocal Jazz Camp in Colorado.

Landry holds a Bachelor of Music Degree from Berklee College of Music and a Master of Music Degree from the University of Northern Colorado and was the winner of a 1994 Down Beat Student Music Award as an outstanding soloist.

Erik Applegate is Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Colorado, where he teaches improvisation, arranging, jazz theory, jazz pedagogy, and advanced bass students, and directs jazz ensembles. Prior to joining UNC, he held faculty positions at Middle Tennessee State University and the University of Adelaide, Australia, and taught at Western Kentucky University.

A bassist, Applegate has performed throughout the U.S. with jazz artists including Jeff Coffin, Milt Jackson, Mulgrew Miller, Greg Gisbert, Eddie Daniels, Dick Oatts, George Garzone, Tom Harrell, Don Aliquo, Clay Jenkins, Ron Miles, Marlena Shaw, Peter Eldridge, and others. He toured with pianist James Williams and in a trio with Harold Mabern and Ed Thigpen, and has appeared at jazz festivals, clubs, and concert series in the U.S., Europe, and Australia.

Applegate can be heard on Dana Landry’s Grammy-nominated CD Journey Home (Summit Records), Don Aliquo’s Another Reply (CAP Records), and Ken and Harry Watters’ Brothers 3 (Summit Records)–all of which reached the top 30 on the Jazz Week U.S. airplay chart.

An experienced composer and arranger, Applegate has written commissions for jazz artists, university jazz and classical ensembles, and professional chamber groups. He was awarded an Individual Artist Grant from the Colorado Council on the Arts and won a Down Beat Student Music Award for “Best Original Composition.”

Applegate is an active clinician for high schools and colleges throughout the U.S and serves on the faculties of jazz camps in Oregon, Wyoming, and Colorado. He has presented sessions for national and international conferences including MENC, IAJE, and the International Jazz Composers Symposium.

Mr. Applegate holds degrees from Berklee College of Music and the University of Northern Colorado.

Jim White is an Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. He directs UNC’s Lab II Big Band, supervises the jazz small group/combo program, and teaches jazz history and applied drum set students. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of North Texas where he performed with the school’s famed “One O’clock Lab Band” for three years. Jim is featured on the band’s recordings, “LAB 90,” “LAB 91,” and “LAB 92.” After receiving his Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Studies, Jim was recruited by Maynard Ferguson for his “Big Bop Nouveau” band with which he toured Japan, Sweden, Germany, Austria, and the United States. He is featured on Maynard’s 1992 live recording, “Footpath Cafe.”

In 1995, after a year in New York City performing with the show “The Big Apple Circus,” Jim moved to Nashville, Tennessee where he has remained active as a jazz performer and studio musician. White’s versatility and unique sound have been featured on many jazz, pop, and country recordings, commercial jingles, television spots and sound library recordings. In addition to his studio work, he has performed in the Nashville area with many top jazz artists including Randy Brecker, Roseanna Vitro, Bob Sheppard, Kenny Werner, Joey Defrancesco, Tim Hagans, Benny Golson, Jim Mcneeley and Eric Alexander. From 1995-2002, he toured and recorded regularly with Grammy-award winning singer Crystal Gayle, including performances with many of America’s most prominent symphony orchestras. In 1999, Jim was honored to perform with the North German Radio (N.D.R.) Big Band in Hamburg, Germany. While there, the band performed concerts of “Porgy and Bess” to celebrate George Gershwin’s one-hundredth birthday.

As an educator, White has been affiliated with Middle Tennessee State University where he taught drum set while completing his Master of Arts degree in Jazz Studies/Composition. While at MTSU, he studied composition and arranging with Jamey Simmons. Jim has also performed clinics at the University of North Texas, Texas A&M Commerce, Brigham Young University, Western Washington University and the University of Northern Colorado. Most recently, Jim’s composition, “Chain Reaction,” was published in a collection of accompanied snare drum solos called, “Aptitude: a conversation in snare soloing,” published by Drop6 media, Inc.

Jim White has performed and/or is featured on recordings with such diverse artists as Maynard Ferguson, Rufus Reid, Clay Jenkins, Don Aliquo, Viktor Krauss, Joey DeFrancesco, Gene Ludwig, Rosemary Clooney, Jim Ferguson, Chris Potter, Pat Coil, Mike Pope, Bob Dorough, Bob Sheppard, Rich Perry, Marc Johnson, Stefan Karlsson, Kirk Whalum, Annie Sellick, Pam Tillis, John Hiatt, J.D. Souther, Lorrie Morgan, Crystal Gayle, Jerry Douglas, Bela Fleck, Willie Nelson, Allison Krauss, Jack Pearson, Jeff Coffin and others.

Jim is an artist clinician for Bosphorus Cymbals and Innovative Percussion.