Conrad Herwig
Encyclopedia
Conrad Herwig is a jazz
trombonist from New York City
in the United States
. He has recorded 20 albums as a leader.
's band in the early 1980s and 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 was an arranger on the 2007 Grammy nominated-"Live at the Tokyo Blue Note"), and the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, among others.
His newest CD release is “The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock” on Half Note Records. This is the follow-up project to the “The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter”, “Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis”, and, “The Latin Side of John Coltrane” all three of which were nominated for Grammy Awards (in 2009, 2005, and 1998 respectively) and recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Featured musicians included Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Valentin
, Eddie Palmieri
, and Randy Brecker
. 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.
, 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 professor of jazz trombone, jazz improvisation and jazz composition/arrangement at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, a position he has held since 2004, and visiting professor of jazz studies at the Juilliard School
, NYC. He was also elected to the Board of Directors of the International Trombone Association. Herwig performs exclusively on Michael Rath trombones.
With Joe Henderson
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
trombonist from New York City
New York City
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in the United States
United States
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. He has recorded 20 albums as a leader.
Biography
He began his career in Clark TerryClark Terry
Clark Terry is an American swing and bop trumpeter, a pioneer of the fluegelhorn in jazz, educator, NEA Jazz Masters inductee, and recipient of the 2010 Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award...
's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.-Early life:From a very large family with five sisters and nine...
Sextet, Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell is a renowned American post-bop jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer and arranger.-Biography:Tom Harrell was born in Urbana, Illinois but moved to the San Francisco Bay Area at the age of five. He started playing trumpet at eight and within five years, started playing gigs with...
’s Septet and Big Band, and the Joe Lovano
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore "Joe" Lovano is a post bop jazz saxophonist, alto clarinetist, flautist, and drummer. Since the late 1980s, Lovano has been one of the world's premiere tenor saxophone players, earning a Grammy award and several nods on Down Beat magazine's critics' and readers' polls...
Nonet (featured as a soloist on Lovano’s Grammy Award winning 52nd St Themes). Conrad also performs and records with Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri , is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.-Early years:...
’s "La Perfecta II" and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet, Paquito D’Rivera’s Havana-New York Connection, the Mingus Big Band
Mingus Big Band
The Mingus Big Band is an ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of the late Charles Mingus. It is managed by his widow, Sue Mingus and represented by Tree Lawn Artists, Inc.. In addition to its weekly Monday night appearance at the Jazz Standard in New York City,...
(often serving as musical director, and was an arranger on the 2007 Grammy nominated-"Live at the Tokyo Blue Note"), and the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, among others.
His newest CD release is “The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock” on Half Note Records. This is the follow-up project to the “The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter”, “Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis”, and, “The Latin Side of John Coltrane” all three of which were nominated for Grammy Awards (in 2009, 2005, and 1998 respectively) and recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City. Featured musicians included Paquito D’Rivera, Dave Valentin
Dave Valentin
Dave Valentin is a jazz flutist.He learned latin percussion first when he was a teenager, and then switched to flute. Valentin's teacher, Hubert Laws, suggested that he not double on saxophone because of his attractive sound on the flute. He studied at the Bronx Community College...
, Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri , is a Grammy Award winning Puerto Rican pianist, bandleader and musician, best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms.-Early years:...
, and Randy Brecker
Randy Brecker
Randal "Randy" Brecker is an American trumpeter and flugelhornist. He is a highly sought after performer in the genres of jazz, rock, and R&B, and has performed or recorded with Stanley Turrentine, Billy Cobham, Bruce Springsteen, Lou Reed, Sandip Burman, Charles Mingus, Blood, Sweat & Tears,...
. 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
Down Beat
Down Beat is an American magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond" to indicate its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chicago, Illinois...
. 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, TexasDenton, Texas
The city of Denton is the county seat of Denton County, Texas in the United States. Its population was 119,454 according to the 2010 U.S. Census, making it the eleventh largest city in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex...
, where he performed in the One O'Clock Lab Band
One O'Clock Lab Band
The One O’Clock Lab Band for years has been the premier ensemble of the Jazz Studies Division at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton. The band has performed and toured abroad in Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway,...
. He attended Goddard College
Goddard College
Goddard College is a private, liberal arts college located in Plainfield, Vermont, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs. Goddard College currently operates on an intensive low-residency model...
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 professor of jazz trombone, jazz improvisation and jazz composition/arrangement at Rutgers Mason Gross School of the Arts, a position he has held since 2004, and visiting professor of jazz studies at the Juilliard School
Juilliard School
The Juilliard School, located at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City, United States, is a performing arts conservatory which was established in 1905...
, NYC. He was also elected to the Board of Directors of the International Trombone Association. Herwig performs exclusively on Michael Rath trombones.
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 ColtraneJohn ColtraneJohn William Coltrane was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. Working in the bebop and hard bop idioms early in his career, Coltrane helped pioneer the use of modes in jazz and later was at the forefront of free jazz...
(Astor Place) (1996) - Heart of Darkness (Criss Cross Jazz) (1998)
- Osteology (Criss Cross Jazz) (1999)
- Trio de Barnardo Sassetti (Groove-Movieplay) (2000)
- Unseen Universe (Criss Cross Jazz) (2000)
- Hieroglyphica (Criss Cross Jazz) (2001)
- Shades of Light w/ Andy LaVerneAndy LaVerneAndy LaVerne is an American jazz pianist, composer, and arranger.LaVerne studied at Juilliard School of Music, Berklee College, and the New England Conservatory, and took private lessons from legendary jazz pianist Bill Evans...
(Steeplechase) (2002) - Land of Shadow (Criss Cross Jazz) (2003)
- Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles DavisMiles DavisMiles Dewey Davis III was an American jazz musician, trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. Widely considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century, Miles Davis was, with his musical groups, at the forefront of several major developments in jazz music, including bebop, cool jazz,...
(Half Note) (2004) - Conrad Herwig & Brian LynchBrian Lynch (musician)Brian Lynch is a Grammy Award-winning New York based Jazz trumpeter, currently touring and recording as a member of the Phil Woods Quintet and Eddie Palmieri's Afro-Caribbean Jazz group, as well as leading his own groups and appearing with various other bands including the "Latin Side Of Miles"...
, 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)
- "The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock", Featuring Randy Brecker and Eddie Palmieri (Half Note) (2010)
As sideman
With Al Di MeolaAl Di Meola
Al Di Meola is an acclaimed American jazz fusion and Latin guitarist, composer, and record producer of Italian origin. With a musical career that has spanned more than three decades, he has become respected as one of the most influential guitarists in jazz to date...
- Orange and BlueOrange and Blue (album)Orange And Blue is an album by Italian-American jazz fusion and Latin jazz guitarist Al Di Meola, released in 1994.-Track listing:All songs by Al Di Meola unless otherwise noted.# "Paradisio" – 7:19# "Chilean Pipe Song" – 4:52...
(1994)
With Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than forty years Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent labels, including Blue Note.-Early life:From a very large family with five sisters and nine...
- Porgy & BessPorgy & Bess (Joe Henderson album)Porgy & Bess is a 1997 album by jazz saxophonist Joe Henderson, released on Verve Records. It contains Henderson's arrangements of music from George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess.-Personnel:*Joe Henderson, tenor saxophone*Conrad Herwig, trombone...
(1997)