. . "non_vocal_instrumentalist" . . . . . "American musician" . . "John Stephen Wiest"@en . . "Wiest, Steve"@en . . "1957Z"^^ . . . . "Steve Wiest (n\u00E9 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. Wiest is in his second year as Associate Professor of Jazz Studies and Commercial Music at the University of Denver Lamont School of Music."@en . "Steve Wiest"@en .