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Conrad Herwig: There's Nothing Else
by Bob Kenselaar
Talking about some of his great influences in jazz, Conrad Herwig points out that it's important to look beyond their achievements on their instruments. “Sometimes during a musician's lifetime, people put so much emphasis on their virtuosity as a player that they don't really think about the vehicle of their expression—their compositions." Herwig was speaking of saxophonists John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter and Joe Henderson, but the same could be said about Herwig himself. He's one of the foremost jazz trombonists ...
Continue ReadingConrad Herwig: New York City, NY, July 25, 2012
by Emilie Pons
Conrad Herwig QuintetThe Blue NoteNew York, NYJuly 25, 2012During the last week of July, 2012, at New York City's Blue Note club, trombonist Conrad Herwig performed with his quintet, also featuring trumpeter Alex Sipiagin, baritone saxophonist Ronnie Cuber, pianist Bill O'Connell, bassist Ruben Rodriguez, drummer Robby Ameen and conguero/percussionist Richie Flores. Herwig paid tribute to the sophisticated tenor saxophonist Joe Henderson, who passed in 2001.Henderson was one of Herwig's heroes, mentors and close ...
Continue ReadingConrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Herbie Hancock
by Chris M. Slawecki
Trombonist and bandleader Conrad Herwig has quite colorfully and majestically explored the Latin side of some of modern music's most enduring composers and performers, and herewith adds his survey of Herbie Hancock's compositional catalog to previous Latin sets that honored Miles Davis and Wayne Shorter. “It's a little daunting in the sense that these tunes are so iconic," Herwig admits. “I grew up idolizing Herbie's music. His tunes became the new standards for a whole generation of post-Coltrane players."
Continue ReadingConrad Herwig's Latin Side All Star Band: Intensity On A Cold City Night
by Robert Dugan
Conrad Herwig's Latin Side All Star BandThe Blue NoteNew York, New YorkJanuary 11, 2010“Que Viva Miles, 'Trane, Herbie & Wayne."For more than a decade, trombonist Conrad Herwig has created a highly identifiable niche in contemporary jazz with his series of Latin Side CDs, which began with the startling The Latin Side of John Coltrane (Astor Place, 1996). That Grammy-nominated recording revealed how naturally Coltrane compositions could be adapted to smartly appropriate Afro-Caribbean arrangements. ...
Continue ReadingConrad Herwig: A Jones for Bones Tones
by C. Andrew Hovan
Easily one of the most technically brilliant jazz trombonists in the history of the music, Conrad Herwig continues to establish a superb catalog of releases that document him in a variety of settings and musical genres. From quartet dates to his Latin projects, the key ingredients to any of Herwig's endeavors are a desire to keep the music moving forward and his skills as a brilliant arranger and gifted composer. Such marks his latest Criss Cross Jazz side, A Jones ...
Continue ReadingConrad Herwig: The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter
by Jeff Stockton
Luis Perdomo is the regular pianist in Conrad Herwig's septet. He delivers a sterling, elegant solo on “Ping Pong," the opening cut on The Latin Side of Wayne Shorter, recorded live at the Blue Note in New York. He anchors the first five songs with such skill that at the end of “This Is for Albert," Herwig singles him out for the audience's applause. Unfortunately, it's to say goodbye. When salsa legend Eddie Palmieri takes over on piano, the concert ...
Continue ReadingConrad Herwig: Sketches of Spain Y Mas
by Mark Corroto
Conrad Herwig's nonet explores the Latin side of jazz, and his band mines the fun (party) side as well. The Afro-Cuban/Afro-Caribbean component that makes up the art we call jazz has always been the party side.
Following up on the trombonist's recordings Another Kind Of Blue: The Latin Side of Miles Davis (2005), The Latin Side Of John Coltrane (1996) and Que Viva Coltrane (2004) is this live session recorded at the Blue Note jazz club in New ...
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