Conrad Herwig has spent more than a decade "latinizing" works by some of the most celebrated jazz musicians and composers of the last fifty years. Save for the first recording, The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place, 1996), all of Herwig's Latin Side albums have been released on Half Note Records, the in-house record label of the Blue Note jazz club. His most recent output, The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock featuring Eddie Palmieri and Randy Brecker was released in 2010. Conrad Herwig will "latinize" the music of John Coltrane on June 30 with special guest Joe Lovano; MiLes Davis on July 1 with special guest Randy Brecker; Wayne Shorter on July 2 with special guest Bobby Watson; and Herbie Hancock on July 3 with special guest Dave Valentin.
WHEN: Thursday, June 30 - Sunday, July 3, 2011; Sets at 8:00pm & 10:30pm
WITH: Conrad Herwig, trombone; special guests Joe Lovano, tenor sax (June 30); Randy Brecker, trumpet (July 1);
Bobby Watson, saxophones (July 2); Dave Valentin, flute (July 3)
COST: $35 @ table / $20 @ bar
WHERE: The Blue Note; 131 W 3rd. St, New York, NY 10012
MORE: Doors open at 6pm. Set times are 8pm and 10:30pm
BIO: In constant 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 many others.
Mr. Herwig is an alumnus of North Texas State University in Denton, Texas(where he performed in the One O'Clock Jazz Lab Band), Goddard College in Plainfield, VT , (Bachelor of Arts in Afro-Caribbean ethnomusicology), and Queens College,CUNY, (Master of Arts, Jazz Studies). Conrad has conducted masterclasses, seminars, and workshops at major universities and conservatories around the world including the Sibelius Academy, Finland; the Royal Irish Academy, Dublin; the University of Koln, Germany; Eastman School of Music, Rochester, NY; the University of Southern California and literally hundreds of others.
Herwig is a recipient of performance and teaching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is currently Professor of Jazz Trombone, Jazz Improvisation, and Jazz Comp/Arr at Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey. Conrad was elected to the Board of Advisors of the International Trombone Association for a second time in 2006.
One of the most in-demand jazz educators, Conrad Herwig is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performs exclusively on Bach Stradivarius trombones.
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