Lee Conrad Herwig III (born 1959) is an American

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trombonist from New York City.

Biography

Herwig began his career in

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's band in the early 1980s and has been a featured member in the

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Sextet, Tom Harrell's Septet and Big Band, and the

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Nonet (featured as a soloist on Lovano's ''

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''). He also performs and records with Eddie Palmieri's La Perfecta II and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet,

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's 3+3, the

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(often serving as musical director, and was an arranger on the 2007 Grammy nominated ''Live at the Tokyo Blue Note''), the

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Jazz Orchestra, and

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Family Reunion Band, among many others. ''A Voice Through the Door'' on

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and ''the Tip of the Sword'' on RadJazz Music featured

Richie Beirach Richard Alan Beirach (born 23 May 1947) is an American jazz pianist and composer. Early life Beirach was born in New York City. He initially studied both classical music and jazz. While still attending high school, he took lessons from pianist L ...

and

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. He has recorded several highly acclaimed projects in the Afro-Caribbean jazz genre, including the Grammy nominated ''the Latin Side of Joe Henderson featuring

'' 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

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in New York City. Featured musicians included Paquito D'Rivera, Dave Valentin, Eddie Palmieri, and

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. 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 ''

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''. 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

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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

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, Dublin; the

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, Germany;

Eastman School of Music The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York. It was established in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman. It offers Bachelor of Music ...

, Rochester, New York; and the University of Southern California. The recipient of performance and teaching grants from the

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, Herwig is a professor of jazz trombone, jazz improvisation, and jazz composition and arrangement at

Rutgers University Rutgers University (; RU), officially Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a public land-grant research university consisting of four campuses in New Jersey. Chartered in 1766, Rutgers was originally called Queen's College, and wa ...

. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the

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. His personal instrument is a brass/nickel silve
Rath R10
Herwig is an alumnus of North Texas State University in

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, where he performed in the

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. He attended

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in Plainfield, Vermont, and

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Discography

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 is a Japanese–American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and bandleader. Akiyoshi received fourteen Grammy Award nominations and was the first woman to win Best Arranger and Composer awards in '' Down Beat'' magazine's annual Readers' Poll. ...

* ''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 William John Evans (August 16, 1929 – September 15, 1980) was an American jazz pianist and composer who worked primarily as the leader of his trio. His use of impressionist harmony, interpretation of traditional jazz repertoire, block ch ...

* ''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

* ''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 Robby Ameen (born December 7, 1960) is an American drummer, composer, bandleader, and educator who resides in New York City. Although he is of Lebanese origin, Ameen is best known for the unique and powerful Afro-Cuban style he has created. He i ...

, ''Days in the Life'' (Two and Four, 2009) * Robby Ameen, ''Diluvio'' (Origin, 2020) *

Anthony Branker Anthony Branker (born August 28, 1958) is an American musician and educator of Caribbean descent. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey and raised in Piscataway and Plainfield, New Jersey. He attended public schools in Piscataway and graduated ...

, ''The Forward Suite'' (Origin, 2014) *

Dave Bass David Ira Bass (born June 21, 1950) is an American jazz pianist, composer, arranger, and lyricist who has released six albums: ''Gone'' (2010), ''NYC Sessions'' (2015), ''No Boundaries'' (2019),''The Trio Vol. 1.'' (2021), The Trio Vol. 2 (2022 ...

, ''NYC Sessions'' (Whaling City Sound, 2015) * Mario Bauza, ''Afro-Cuban Jazz'' (Caiman, 1986) * Mario Bauza, ''Tanga'' (Messidor, 1992) *

Bob Belden James Robert Belden (October 31, 1956 – May 20, 2015) was an American saxophonist, arranger, composer, bandleader, and producer. As a composer he may be best known for his Grammy Award winning orchestral jazz recording, ''Black Dahlia'' (2001 ...

, ''Black Dahlia'' (Blue Note, 2001) * Don Braden, ''The New Hang'' (HighNote, 2004) *

, ''One More Once'' (Columbia, 1994) * Caribbean Jazz Project, ''Paraiso'' (Concord 2001) *

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, ''North'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 2003) *

Miles Davis Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26, 1926September 28, 1991) was an American trumpeter, bandleader, and composer. He is among the most influential and acclaimed figures in the history of jazz and 20th-century music. Davis adopted a variety of musi ...

& Quincy Jones, ''Live at Montreux'' (Warner Bros. 1993) *

Raul de Souza Raul de Souza (23 August 1934 -– 23 June 2021), also known as Raulzinho, was a Brazilian trombonist who recorded with Sérgio Mendes, Flora Purim, Airto Moreira, Milton Nascimento, Sonny Rollins, Hermeto Pascoal, Cal Tjader and the jazz/fu ...

, ''Rio Mix'' (House 1999) *

Al Di Meola Albert Laurence Di Meola (born July 22, 1954) is an American guitarist. Known for his works in jazz fusion and world music, he began his career as a guitarist of the group Return to Forever in 1974. Between the 1970s and 1980s, albums such as ' ...

, '' 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 Orrin Evans (born 28 March 1975) is an American jazz pianist. Evans was born in Trenton, New Jersey and raised in Philadelphia.Lutz, Phillip. "Orrin Evans The Instigator." ''Downbeat'' 81.11 (2014): 42-45. Print. He attended Rutgers University, ...

, ''Mother's Touch'' (Posi-Tone, 2014) *

Marianne Faithfull Marianne Evelyn Gabriel Faithfull (born 29 December 1946) is an English singer and actress. She achieved popularity in the 1960s with the release of her hit single " As Tears Go By" and became one of the lead female artists during the British I ...

, ''Strange Weather'' (Island, 1987) *

Greg Gisbert Gregory Lyle Gisbert (born February 2, 1966 in Mobile, Alabama) is an American jazz trumpeter and flugelhornist.Gary W. Kennedy, ''"Greg Gisbert''. '' Grove Jazz'' online Early years and school Gisbert played drums with his father as a child ...

, ''The Court Jester'' (Criss Cross, 1996) * Tom Harrell, ''Time's Mirror'' (RCA Victor, 1999) *

, ''Big Band'' (Verve, 1996) * Joe Henderson, ''

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'' (Verve, 1997) *

Rickie Lee Jones Rickie Lee Jones (born November 8, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and author. Over the course of a career that spans five decades, she has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, pop, soul, and jazz. A two ...

, ''It's Like This'' (Artemis 2000) * Eero Koivistoinen, ''Altered Things'' (Timeless, 1992) * Frank Lacy & Mingus Big Band, ''Mingus Sings'' (Sunnyside, 2015) *

La India Linda Viera Caballero (born March 9, 1969), better known as La India, is a Puerto Rican singer and songwriter of salsa, house music and Latin pop. La India has been nominated for both Grammy and Latin Grammy Awards, winning the Latin Gra ...

, ''Llego La India... Via Eddie Palmieri'' (Acid Jazz, 1992) * Eric Leeds, ''Things Left Unsaid'' (Paisley Park/Warner Bros., 1993) *

Dave Liebman David Liebman (born September 4, 1946) is an American saxophonist, flautist and jazz educator. He is known for his innovative lines and use of atonality. He was a frequent collaborator with pianist Richie Beirach. In June 2010, he received ...

, ''Time Line'' (Owl, 1990) *

, ''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 Manhattan Transfer is a Grammy award–winning vocal group founded in 1969 that has explored a cappella, vocalese, swing, standards, Brazilian jazz, rhythm and blues, and pop music. There have been two editions of the Manhattan Transfer, ...

, ''The Chick Corea Songbook'' (4Q 2009) * David Matthews, ''Watermelon Man'' (Sweet Basil, 1997) *

Ron McClure Ron McClure (born November 22, 1941) is an American jazz bassist. Early life McClure was born in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. He started on piano at age five, and later played accordion and bass. McClure studied privately with Joseph I ...

, ''Sunburst'' (SteepleChase, 1992) * Ron McClure, ''Double Triangle'' (Naxos, 1999) *

Susannah McCorkle Susannah McCorkle (January 1, 1946 – May 19, 2001) was an American jazz singer. Life and career A native of Berkeley, California, McCorkle studied Italian literature at the University of California at Berkeley before dropping out to move to ...

, ''Let's Face the Music'' (Concord Jazz, 1997) * Susannah McCorkle, ''Someone to Watch Over Me'' *

Metropole Orkest The Metropole Orkest (Metropole Orchestra) is a jazz and pop orchestra based in the Netherlands, and is the largest full-time ensemble of its kind in the world. A hybrid orchestra, it is a combination of jazz, big band and symphony orchestra. Com ...

, ''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 Joseph Lucian Roccisano (October 15, 1939 in Springfield, Massachusetts – November 9, 1997) was an American jazz saxophonist and arranger. Career Roccisano received his bachelor's degree in music education from SUNY-Potsdam in 1963. In 1964 he ...

, ''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) *

, ''Live at Marihans'' (Chiaroscuro, 2005)

References

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