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X-WR-CALNAME:LATIN SIDE OF WAYNE SHORTER featuring CONRAD HERWIG: HALF
	 NOTE RECORDS CD-RELEASE PARTY in New York City at Blue Note - Eventfu
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SUMMARY:LATIN SIDE OF WAYNE SHORTER featuring CONRAD HERWIG: HALF NOTE
	 RECORDS CD-RELEASE PARTY
DESCRIPTION: FEATURING: Conrad Herwig\, trombone/leader Ronnie Cuber\,
	 baritone saxophone/flute Mike Rodriguez\, trumpet Bill O’Connell\, pi
	ano Ruben Rodriguez\, bass Robby Ameen\, drums Pedro Martinez\, congas
	/vocals/percussion  New York jazz trombonist Conrad Herwig has recorde
	d 17 albums as a leader. His new CD releases are "Sketches of Spain y 
	Mas" and "Another Kind of Blue-The Latin Side of Miles Davis" on Half 
	Note Records\, which was nominated for a 2005 Grammy Award. These are 
	the follow-up projects to the 1998 Grammy- nominated CD\, "The Latin S
	ide of John Coltrane". These exciting new projects were both recorded 
	live at the Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City and feature special g
	uests Paquito D'Rivera\,Dave Valentin and Brian Lynch (co-musical dire
	ctor of the group). His most recent solo recordings on the CrissCross 
	label are "Obligation"\, "Land of Shadow"\, "Hieroglyphica"\, "Unseen 
	Universe"\, "Osteology"\, and "Heart of Darkness" which received 4 and
	 1/2 stars in DownBeat Magazine. He has also been voted #1 Jazz Trombo
	nist (TDWR) in the 2002 Downbeat Jazz Critic's Poll. In constant deman
	d as a sideman\, Herwig has been a featured member in the Joe Henderso
	n Sextet\, Tom Harrell's Septet and Big Band\, and the Joe Lovano None
	t (featured as a soloist on Lovano's Grammy Award winning "52nd St The
	mes"). Conrad also performs and records with Eddie Palmieri's "La Perf
	ecta II" and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet\, Paquito D'Rivera's Havana-New
	 York Connection\, the Mingus Big Band (often serving as musical direc
	tor\, and arranger on the new 2007 Grammy nominated-"Live at the Tokyo
	 Blue Note")\, and the Carnegie Hall Jazz Band (Jon Faddis\, musical d
	irector) among many others. Mr. Herwig is an alumnus of North Texas St
	ate University in Denton\, Texas(where he performed in the One O'Clock
	 Jazz Lab Band)\, Goddard College in Plainfield\, VT \, (Bachelor of A
	rts in Afro-Caribbean ethnomusicology)\, and Queens College\,CUNY\, (M
	aster of Arts\, Jazz Studies). Conrad has conducted masterclasses\, se
	minars\, 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 o
	f Music\, Rochester\, NY\; the University of Southern California and l
	iterally hundreds of others. Herwig is a recipient of performance and 
	teaching grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. He is curren
	tly Professor of Jazz Trombone\, Jazz Improvisation\, and Jazz Comp/Ar
	r at Rutgers\,The State University of New Jersey. Conrad was elected t
	o the Board of Advisors of the International Trombone Association for 
	a second time in 2006. One of the most in-demand jazz educators\, Conr
	ad Herwig is a Conn-Selmer clinician and performs exclusively on Bach 
	Stradivarius trombones. 
LOCATION:Blue Note @ New York, United States
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