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Sinatra: The Main Event

with Vaughn Wiester

Join us for a screening of "Sinatra: The Main Event," celebrating the 50th anniversary of this iconic TV special with a conversation with Vaughn Wiester, who performed in the original broadcast.

Join us for a special screening of Sinatra: The Main Event, celebrating the 50th anniversary of this iconic TV special. Recorded live in 1974 at Madison Square Garden, this concert features the legendary Frank Sinatra performing some of his greatest hits.

Before the screening, we are thrilled to host a conversation with Vaughn Wiester, the talented trombonist who performed in the original broadcast. Don't miss this unique opportunity to relive a classic moment in music history and hear firsthand accounts from one of its original musicians!

Bio

Vaughn Wiester's performance experience began in high school under the tutelage of Robert H. Bechtel. While in high school, he played and arranged for the Riley Norris Band. After a hitch as a navy trombonist, Vaughn Wiester came to Columbus in 1968 to attend Ohio State University and to join the Dave Workman Blues Band. In 1972 he became a member of the Jazz Arts Group led by Ray Eubanks. Wiester was invited to join the Woody Herman orchestra in 1974.

After two years on the road with Herman, Vaughn returned to Columbus to accept a position at the Dave Wheeler Contemporary Music Workshop and to resume his activities with the Jazz Arts Group as a bass trombonist and arranger. In 1977, Wiester was invited to join the faculty at Capital University as part of their pioneering Jazz Studies degree program. Throughout this 17-year association, he taught courses in jazz arranging and jazz history aid directed the prize-winning Big Band Sound Big Band. In 1980 Wiester joined the Terry Waldo Ragtime Orchestra.

Wiester's arrangements can be heard on recordings by Woody Herman, Waldo's Ragtime Orchestra, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, and the Keith Henson Octet.

Wiester's current activities include his 22-piece Famous Jazz Orchestra, appearing weekly at the Clintonville Woman's Club; and an 8-piece group, Brasileira, a band devoted to the popular music of Brazil.

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