Conrad Herwig

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Conrad Herwig is a jazz trombonist from New York City in the United States. He has recorded fifteen albums as a leader. His latest release on ]], recorded live at the Blue Note Jazz Club, NYC, is “Another Kind of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis”. This CD is the follow up to the 1998 Grammy-nominated “Latin Side of John Coltrane”. His other recent solo recordings include "Land of Shadow", "Hieroglyphica", "Unseen Universe", "Osteology", and "Heart of Darkness" , and "Rio", a collaboration with Brazilian trombonist Raul de Souza on the MixHouse label. He has also been voted #1 Jazz Trombone(TDWR) in the 1998, 1999, and 2002 Downbeat Jazz Critic's Poll.

Herwig has been a featured member in the Joe Lovano Nonet(featured as a soloist on Lovano's Grammy Award winning "52nd St. Themes"), Tom Harrell's Septet and Big Band, and the Joe Henderson Sextet. Conrad has also performed and recorded with groups such as 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 the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band among many others.

Herwig began his professional career in 1980 with the Clark Terry Big Band and later joined the Buddy Rich Orchestra for tours of the US and Europe. After locating permanently in New York, he performed with Slide Hampton's World of Trombones and Mario Bauza's Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, as well as with the orchestras of Toshiko Akiyoshi, Mel Lewis, Bob Mintzer, Henry Threadgill, Miles Davis, Quincy Jones, and Frank Sinatra.

His own groups(trio, quartet, quintet, and larger ensembles up to 17 musicians) have included Randy and Michael Brecker, Dave Liebman, Richie Beirach, Tim Hagans, Ron McClure, Rufus Reid, Jack DeJohnette, Adam Nussbaum, and Jeff "Tain" Watts.

An alumnus of the University of North Texas (formerly North Texas State University) in Denton, Texas (where he performed in the One O'Clock Lab Band) Goddard College, VT, and Queens College, New York City, Conrad has given master classes, seminars and workshops at major universities and conservatories around the world including 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 and is currently a member of the jazz faculty at Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. Conrad has been on the Board of Directors of the International Trombone Association. One of the most in-demand jazz educators, Conrad Herwig is a Selmer clinician and performs exclusively on Bach Stradivarius trombones.]

One of his more recent tutoring appearances was with Don Glasco, the jazz band director from Dartmouth University. Together, he and Glasco taught one session of a summer program called JAZZology.