Conrad Herwig

Lee Conrad Herwig III (born 1959) is an American jazz trombonist from New York City.

Biography
Herwig began his career in Clark Terry'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 52nd Street Themes). He also performs and records with Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta II and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet, Michel Camilo's 3+3, the Mingus Big Band (often serving as musical director, and was an arranger on the 2007 Grammy nominated Live at the Tokyo Blue Note), the Jon Faddis Jazz Orchestra, and Jeff "Tain" Watts Family Reunion Band, among many others.

A Voice Through the Door on Criss Cross Jazz and the Tip of the Sword on RadJazz Music featured Richie Beirach and Jack DeJohnette. He has recorded several highly acclaimed projects in the Afro-Caribbean jazz genre, including the Grammy nominated the Latin Side of Joe Henderson featuring Joe Lovano for Half Note label. This is the follow-up project to 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 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 other solo recordings on Criss Cross 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 No. 1 Jazz Trombonist in the 1998, 1999, and 2002 Downbeat Jazz Critics' Poll and ranked highly on several occasions in the past decade. Herwig has been nominated for Trombonist of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association on multiple occasions, including in 2015.

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 Cologne, Germany; Eastman School of Music, Rochester, New York; and the University of Southern California.

The recipient of performance and teaching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, Herwig is a professor of jazz trombone, jazz improvisation, and jazz composition and arrangement at Rutgers University. He was elected to the board of directors of the International Trombone Association. His personal instrument is a brass/nickel silver Rath R10.

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, and Queens College, CUNY.

As leader

 * With Every Breath (Sea Breeze, 1987)
 * New York Hardball (Ken Music, 1990)
 * Intimate Conversation (Ken Music, 1991)
 * The Amulet (Ken Music, 1991)
 * Ao Vivo No Festival de Jazz de Guimaraes (Groove 1994)
 * The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place, 1996)
 * New York Breed (Double-Time, 1996)
 * A Pesar Del Diablo (Uanchu, 1997)
 * Heart of Darkness (Criss Cross, 1998)
 * Osteology (Criss Cross, 1998)
 * Unseen Universe (Criss Cross, 2000)
 * Hieroglyphica (Criss Cross, 2001)
 * Shades of Light (SteepleChase, 2002)
 * Land of Shadow (Criss Cross, 2002)
 * Que Viva Coltrane (Criss Cross, 2004)
 * Another Kind of Blue (Half Note, 2004)
 * Obligation (Criss Cross, 2005)
 * Sketches of Spain y Mas (Half Note, 2006)
 * A Jones for Bones Tones (Criss Cross, 2007)
 * The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter (Half Note, 2008)
 * The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock (Half Note, 2010)
 * A Voice Through the Door (Criss Cross, 2012)
 * The Latin Side of Joe Henderson (Half Note, 2014)
 * Reflections (Criss Cross, 2016)
 * “The Latin Side of Horace Silver” (Savant, 2020)
 * “The Latin Side of Mingus” (Savant, 2022)

As sideman
With Toshiko Akiyoshi
 * Ten Gallon Shuffle (Baystate, 1984)
 * Wishing Peace (Ken Music, 1986)
 * Wishing Peace from Liberty Suite (Ascent, 1986)
 * Carnegie Hall Concert (Columbia, 1992)
 * Desert Lady/Fantasy (Columbia, 1994)

With Michael Davis
 * Absolute Trombone (Hip-Bone Music, 1997)
 * Absolute Trombone II (Hip-Bone Music, 2007)
 * Hip-Bone Big Band (Hip-Bone Music, 2016)

With Bill Evans
 * Push (Lipstick, 1994)
 * Touch (ESC, 1999)
 * Big Fun (ESC, 2002)

With Bill O'Connell
 * Rhapsody in Blue (Challenge, 2010)
 * Zocalo (Savant, 2013)
 * Imagine (Savant, 2014)
 * Heart Beat (Savant, 2016)
 * Jazz Latin (Savant, 2018)

With Mingus Big Band
 * Live in Time (Dreyfus, 1996)
 * Blues & Politics (Dreyfus, 1999)
 * Tonight at Noon... Three or Four Shades of Love (Dreyfus, 2002)
 * I Am Three (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2005)
 * Live in Tokyo (Sunnyside/Sue Mingus, 2006)
 * Live at Jazz Standard (Sue Mingus, 2010)

With Eddie Palmieri
 * Palmas (Electra Nonesuch, 1994)
 * Arete (TropiJazz, 1995)
 * Vortex (TropiJazz, 1996)
 * El Rumbero del Piano (RMM, 1998)
 * La Perfecta II (Concord Picante, 2002)
 * Ritmo Caliente (Concord Picante, 2003)
 * Listen Here! (Concord Picante, 2005)
 * Full Circle (Ropeadope, 2018)
 * Mi Luz Mayor (Ropeadope, 2018)

With Walt Weiskopf
 * Simplicity (Criss Cross, 1993)
 * Song for My Mother (Criss Cross, 1996)
 * Sleepless Nights (Criss Cross, 1998)
 * Siren (Criss Cross, 1999)

With others
 * Robby Ameen, Days in the Life (Two and Four, 2009)
 * Robby Ameen, Diluvio (Origin, 2020)
 * Anthony Branker, The Forward Suite (Origin, 2014)
 * Dave Bass, NYC Sessions (Whaling City Sound, 2015)
 * Mario Bauza, Afro-Cuban Jazz (Caiman, 1986)
 * Mario Bauza, Tanga (Messidor, 1992)
 * Bob Belden, Black Dahlia (Blue Note, 2001)
 * Don Braden, The New Hang (HighNote, 2004)
 * Michel Camilo, One More Once (Columbia, 1994)
 * Caribbean Jazz Project, Paraiso (Concord 2001)
 * Elvis Costello, North (Deutsche Grammophon, 2003)
 * Miles Davis & Quincy Jones, Live at Montreux (Warner Bros. 1993)
 * Raul de Souza, Rio Mix (House 1999)
 * Al Di Meola, Orange and Blue (Bluemoon, 1994)
 * Pierre Dorge, Soundscapes (SteepleChase, 2018)
 * Paquito D'Rivera, A Night in Englewood (Messidor, 1994)
 * Paquito D'Rivera, Live at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild (MCG, 1997)
 * Orrin Evans, Mother's Touch (Posi-Tone, 2014)
 * Marianne Faithfull, Strange Weather (Island, 1987)
 * Greg Gisbert, The Court Jester (Criss Cross, 1996)
 * Tom Harrell, Time's Mirror (RCA Victor, 1999)
 * Joe Henderson, Big Band (Verve, 1996)
 * Joe Henderson, Porgy & Bess (Verve, 1997)
 * Rickie Lee Jones, It's Like This (Artemis 2000)
 * Eero Koivistoinen, Altered Things (Timeless, 1992)
 * Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band, Mingus Sings (Sunnyside, 2015)
 * La India, Llego La India... Via Eddie Palmieri (Acid Jazz, 1992)
 * Eric Leeds, Things Left Unsaid (Paisley Park/Warner Bros., 1993)
 * Dave Liebman, Time Line (Owl, 1990)
 * Joe Lovano, 52nd Street Themes (Blue Note, 2000)
 * Brian Lynch, Spheres of Influence (Sharp Nine, 1997)
 * Brian Lynch & Eddie Palmieri, Simpatico (ArtistShare, 2006)
 * The Manhattan Transfer, The Chick Corea Songbook (4Q 2009)
 * David Matthews, Watermelon Man (Sweet Basil, 1997)
 * Ron McClure, Sunburst (SteepleChase, 1992)
 * Ron McClure, Double Triangle (Naxos, 1999)
 * Susannah McCorkle, Let's Face the Music (Concord Jazz, 1997)
 * Susannah McCorkle, Someone to Watch Over Me
 * Metropole Orkest, Better Get Hit in Your Soul (BHM, 2011)
 * Monday Michiru, Optimista (Polydor, 1999)
 * Grover Mitchell, Hip Shakin (Ken Music, 1990)
 * Lisa Ono, Pretty World Suite! (Supuesto! 2000)
 * Orishas, El Kilo (Capitol, 2004)
 * Tito Puente, The Mambo King (RMM, 1991)
 * Tito Puente, Masterpiece/Obra Maestra (Universal 2000)
 * Tim Ries, Stones World (Sunnyside, 2008)
 * Joe Roccisano, Nonet (Double-Time, 1998)
 * Renee Rosnes, Life On Earth (Blue Note 2001)
 * Jim Snidero, The Music of Joe Henderson (Double-Time, 1999)
 * Dave Stryker, Blue to the Bone (SteepleChase, 1996)
 * Clark Terry, Live at Marihans (Chiaroscuro, 2005)