| Conrad Herwig |
Conrad Herwig at The Blue Note
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| Background information |
| Born |
November 01, 1959
Lawton, Oklahoma, USA |
| Genres |
post-bop, Afro-Cuban, Afro-Caribbean, Big Band |
| Occupations |
Bandleader, composer, trombone, educator |
| Instruments |
trombone |
| Years active |
1980's - Present |
| Labels |
Half Note Records, Criss Cross Jazz |
| Website |
www.conradherwig.com |
Conrad Herwig is a jazz trombonist from New York City in the United States. He has recorded 19 albums as a leader.
Biography
In demand as a sideman, Herwig has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson Sextet, Tom Harrell’s Septet and Big Band, and the Joe Lovano Nonet (featured as a soloist on Lovano’s Grammy Award winning 52nd St Themes). Conrad also performs and records with Eddie Palmieri’s "La Perfecta II" and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet, Paquito D’Rivera’s Havana-New York Connection, the Mingus Big Band (often serving as musical director, and arranger on the new 2007 Grammy nominated-"Live at the Tokyo Blue Note"), and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band (Jon Faddis, musical director) among others.
His release "The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter" featuring Eddie Palmieri, was nominated for a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Latin Jazz Performance. Related projects include Sketches of Spain y Mas and Another Kind of Blue-The Latin Side of Miles Davis on Half Note Records, which was also Grammy-nominated in 2005, and the 1998 Grammy-nominated CD, The Latin Side of John Coltrane: all recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Featured musicians included Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Valentin and Brian Lynch (co-musical director of the group). Herwig's solo recordings on the CrissCross label are "A Jones for Bones Tones", Obligation, Land of Shadow, Hieroglyphica, Unseen Universe, Osteology, and Heart of Darkness which received 4 and 1/2 stars in Down Beat. He has been voted #1 Jazz Trombonist (TDWR) in the 1998, 1999, and 2002 Downbeat Jazz Critic’s Poll, and nominated for Trombonist of the Year by the Jazz Journalist's Association in 2007 and 2008.
Educator
Herwig is an alumnus of North Texas State University in Denton, Texas, where he performed in the One O'Clock Lab Band. He attended Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont., where he received a Bachelor of Arts in Afro-Caribbean ethnomusicology, and Queens College, CUNY, with a Master of Arts, Jazz Studies.
Herwig has conducted master classes, seminars and workshops at hundreds of universities and conservatories around the world including the Sibelius Academy, Finland; the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; the University of Köln, Germany; Eastman School of Music, Rochester, N.Y.; and the University of Southern California.
The recipient of performance and teaching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Herwig is currently professor of jazz trombone, jazz improvisation and jazz composition/arrangement at Rutgers, a position he has held since 2004. He was also elected to the Board of Directors of the International Trombone Association. Herwig is a Selmer clinician and performs exclusively on Bach Stradivarius trombones.
Discography
As leader
- With Every Breath (Ken Music) (1987)
- New York Hardball (Ken Music) (1989)
- The Amulet (Ken Music) (1991)
- Intimate Conversations (Ken Music) (1990)
- New York Breed (Double Time) (1996)
- Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place) (1996)
- Heart of Darkness (Criss Cross Jazz) (1998)
- Osteology (Criss Cross Jazz) (1999)
- Trio de Barnardo Sassetti (Groove Jazz) (2000)
- Unseen Universe (Criss Cross Jazz) (2000)
- Hieroglyphica (Criss Cross Jazz) (2001)
- Shades of Light w/ Andy LaVerne (Criss Cross Jazz) (2002)
- Land of Shadow (Criss Cross Jazz) (2003)
- Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis (Half Note) (2004)
- Conrad Herwig & Brian Lynch, Que Viva Coltrane (Criss Cross Jazz) (2004)
- Obligation (Criss Cross Jazz) (2005)
- Sketches of Spain y Mas (Half Note) (2006)
- A Jones for Bones Tones (Criss Cross Jazz) (2007)
- The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter, Featuring Eddie Palmieri and Brian Lynch (Half Note) (2008)
As sideman
With Al Di Meola
With Joe Henderson
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