Lee Conrad Herwig III (born 1959) is an American
jazz
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trombonist from New York City.
Biography
Herwig began his career in
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
's band in the early 1980s
and has been a featured member in the
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent l ...
Sextet,
Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
's Septet and Big Band, and the
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952)"Joe Lovano." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 13. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1994. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, May 5, 2017. is an American jazz saxophonist, alto clarin ...
Nonet (featured as a soloist on Lovano's ''
52nd Street Themes''). He also performs and records with
Eddie Palmieri
Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936) is an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive.
Early life
Pal ...
's La Perfecta II and Afro-Caribbean Jazz Octet,
Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Grammy-award winning pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work. Camilo lists some of his main influences as Chick Corea, Keith Ja ...
's 3+3, the
Mingus Big Band
The Mingus Big Band is a 14-piece ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus. It was managed by his widow, Sue Mingus, along with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. In addition to its weekly Monda ...
(often serving as musical director, and was an arranger on the 2007 Grammy nominated ''Live at the Tokyo Blue Note''), the
Jon Faddis
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Jazz Orchestra, and
Jeff "Tain" Watts
Jeff "Tain" Watts (born January 20, 1960) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Wynton Marsalis, Branford Marsalis, Betty Carter, Michael Brecker, Alice Coltrane, Ravi Coltrane, and others.
Biography
Watts got the nickname "Tain" from Kenny ...
Family Reunion Band, among many others.
''A Voice Through the Door'' on
Criss Cross Jazz
Criss Cross Jazz is a Dutch record company and label specializing in jazz.
Criss Cross was established in 1980 by Gerry Teekens, a drummer and German language, German professor. 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
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette (born August 9, 1942) is an American jazz drummer, pianist, and composer.
Known for his extensive work as leader and sideman for musicians including Charles Lloyd, Freddie Hubbard, Keith Jarrett, Bill Evans, John Abercrombie, ...
. 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
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952)"Joe Lovano." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 13. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1994. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, May 5, 2017. is an American jazz saxophonist, alto clarin ...
'' for
Half Note
''Half Note'' is a live album by saxophonist Clifford Jordan which was recorded in 1974 and first released on the SteepleChase label in 1985. 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
Blue Note Jazz Club is a jazz club and restaurant located at 131 West 3rd Street in Greenwich Village, New York City. The club was opened on September 30, 1981, by owner and founder Danny Bensusan, with the Nat Adderley Quintet being the featured ...
in New York City. Featured musicians included
Paquito D'Rivera,
Dave Valentin
David Peter Valentin (April 29, 1952 – March 8, 2017) was an American Latin jazz flautist of Puerto Rican descent.
Life and career
Valentin was born to Puerto Rican parents in The Bronx in New York City. He attended The High School of Mu ...
, Eddie Palmieri, and
Randy Brecker
Randal Edward Brecker (born November 27, 1945) is an American trumpeter, flugelhornist, and composer. His versatility has made him a popular studio musician who has recorded with acts in jazz, rock, and R&B.
Early life
Brecker was born on Nov ...
. 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
' (styled in all caps) is an American music magazine devoted to "jazz, blues and beyond", the last word indicating its expansion beyond the jazz realm which it covered exclusively in previous years. The publication was established in 1934 in Chi ...
''. 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
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, Finland; the
Royal Irish Academy
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, Dublin; the
University of Cologne
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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 (B.M ...
, Rochester, New York; and the University of Southern California.
The recipient of performance and teaching grants from the
National Endowment for the Arts
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, Herwig is a professor of jazz trombone, jazz improvisation, and jazz composition and arrangement at
Rutgers University
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. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the
International Trombone Association
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ITA undertakes numerous activities to further its mission:
* prod ...
. His personal instrument is a brass/nickel silve
Rath R10
Herwig is an alumnus of
North Texas State University
The University of North Texas (UNT) is a Public university, public research university in Denton, Texas. It was founded as a nonsectarian, coeducational, private Normal school, teachers college in 1890 and was formally adopted by the state 11 y ...
in
Denton, Texas
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, where he performed in the
One O'Clock Lab Band
One O'Clock Lab Band is an ensemble of the Jazz Studies division at the University of North Texas College of Music in Denton, Texas. Since the 1970s, the band's albums have received seven Grammy Award nominations, including two for ''Lab 2009''. ...
. He attended
Goddard College
Goddard College is a progressive education private liberal arts low-residency college with three locations in the United States: Plainfield, Vermont; Port Townsend, Washington; and Seattle, Washington. The college offers undergraduate and gra ...
in Plainfield, Vermont, and
Queens College
Queens College (QC) is a public college in the Queens borough of New York City. It is part of the City University of New York system. Its 80-acre campus is primarily located in Flushing, Queens. It has a student body representing more than 170 ...
,
CUNY
, mottoeng = The education of free people is the hope of Mankind
, budget = $3.6 billion
, established =
, type = Public university system
, chancellor = Fél ...
.
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
Bill O'Connell (born August 22, 1953 in New York City) is a jazz pianist, educator, and bandleader. He is most associated with Latin jazz and hard bop. He studied piano at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, but has mostly lived in NYC or Long I ...
* ''Rhapsody in Blue'' (Challenge, 2010)
* ''Zocalo'' (Savant, 2013)
* ''Imagine'' (Savant, 2014)
* ''Heart Beat'' (Savant, 2016)
* ''Jazz Latin'' (Savant, 2018)
With
Mingus Big Band
The Mingus Big Band is a 14-piece ensemble, based in New York City, that specializes in the compositions of Charles Mingus. It was managed by his widow, Sue Mingus, along with the Mingus Orchestra and Mingus Dynasty. In addition to its weekly Monda ...
* ''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
Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936) is an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Puerto Rican ancestry. He is the founder of the bands La Perfecta, La Perfecta II, and Harlem River Drive.
Early life
Pal ...
* ''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
Walt Weiskopf (born July 30, 1959 in Augusta, Georgia) is an American jazz saxophonist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, author and educator. He has released sixteen albums as a leader, and performed on countless other albums as a sideman. He has ...
* ''Simplicity'' (Criss Cross, 1993)
* ''Song for My Mother'' (Criss Cross, 1996)
* ''Sleepless Nights'' (Criss Cross, 1998)
* ''Siren'' (Criss Cross, 1999)
With others
*
Robby Ameen
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, ''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
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, ''Afro-Cuban Jazz'' (Caiman, 1986)
* Mario Bauza, ''Tanga'' (Messidor, 1992)
*
Bob Belden, ''Black Dahlia'' (Blue Note, 2001)
*
Don Braden
Don Braden (born November 20, 1963) is an American jazz tenor saxophonist.https://jazzbakery.org/events/saxophoniest-don-braden-quartet-presents-earth-wind-and-wonder saxophonist Don Braden Quartet presents Earth Wind and Wonder
Career
Braden w ...
, ''The New Hang'' (HighNote, 2004)
*
Michel Camilo
Michel Camilo (born April 4, 1954) is a Grammy-award winning pianist and composer from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He specializes in jazz, Latin and classical piano work. Camilo lists some of his main influences as Chick Corea, Keith Ja ...
, ''One More Once'' (Columbia, 1994)
*
Caribbean Jazz Project
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, ''Paraiso'' (Concord 2001)
*
Elvis Costello
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, ''North'' (Deutsche Grammophon, 2003)
*
Miles Davis
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& Quincy Jones, ''Live at Montreux'' (Warner Bros. 1993)
*
Raul de Souza
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, ''Rio Mix'' (House 1999)
*
Al Di Meola
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, ''
Orange and Blue'' (Bluemoon, 1994)
*
Pierre Dorge
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, ''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
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, ''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 chil ...
, ''The Court Jester'' (Criss Cross, 1996)
*
Tom Harrell
Tom Harrell (born June 16, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter, flugelhornist, composer, and arranger. Voted Trumpeter of the Year of 2018 by ''Jazz Journalists Association'', Harrell has won awards and grants throughout his career, including mul ...
, ''Time's Mirror'' (RCA Victor, 1999)
*
Joe Henderson
Joe Henderson (April 24, 1937 – June 30, 2001) was an American jazz tenor saxophonist. In a career spanning more than four decades, Henderson played with many of the leading American players of his day and recorded for several prominent l ...
, ''Big Band'' (Verve, 1996)
* Joe Henderson, ''
Porgy & Bess
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'' (Verve, 1997)
*
Rickie Lee Jones
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, ''It's Like This'' (Artemis 2000)
*
Eero Koivistoinen
Eero Koivistoinen (born 13 January 1946, in Helsinki) is a Finnish jazz musician and saxophone player, who started his career in the mid-1960s. Koivistoinen has worked as a musician, composer, arranger, conductor, producer and educator. He first h ...
, ''Altered Things'' (Timeless, 1992)
*
Frank Lacy
Frank Lacy (born August 9, 1958, Houston, Texas) is an American jazz trombonist who has spent many years as a member of the Mingus Big Band.
Career
Lacy's father was a teacher who played guitar with Arnett Cobb, Illinois Jacquet, and Eddie Clea ...
& 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 Grammy Aw ...
, ''Llego La India... Via Eddie Palmieri'' (Acid Jazz, 1992)
*
Eric Leeds
Eric Leeds is an American saxophone player, mostly known for his work with Prince. He has recorded mostly music in the pop and funk genres, but is a studied jazz musician.Cole, George.Eric Leeds: Interviews: The Last Miles: The Music of Miles D ...
, ''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)
*
Joe Lovano
Joseph Salvatore Lovano (born December 29, 1952)"Joe Lovano." ''Contemporary Musicians''. Vol. 13. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 1994. Retrieved via ''Biography in Context'' database, May 5, 2017. is an American jazz saxophonist, alto clarin ...
, ''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
is a Japanese American actress, singer, and songwriter whose music encompasses and fuses a wide variety of genres including jazz, dance, pop, and soul. She is arguably best known for being a pioneer of the acid jazz movement in Japan in the ...
, ''Optimista'' (Polydor, 1999)
*
Grover Mitchell
Grover Mitchell, born Grover Curry Mitchell (March 17, 1930 – August 6, 2003) was an American jazz trombonist who led the Count Basie Orchestra.
Biography
Mitchell was born in Whately, Alabama, but he moved with his parents to Pittsburgh, Pen ...
, ''Hip Shakin'' (Ken Music, 1990)
*
Lisa Ono
Lisa Ono (小野リサ; born 29 July 1962) is a Brazilian Japanese bossa nova singer.
Life
Lisa Ono was born in São Paulo, Brazil, in 1962 but moved with her family to Tokyo at the age of 10. From that time on she spent half of every year in ...
, ''Pretty World Suite!'' (Supuesto! 2000)
*
Orishas, ''El Kilo'' (Capitol, 2004)
*
Tito Puente
Ernest Anthony Puente Jr. (April 20, 1923 – June 1, 2000), commonly known as Tito Puente, was an American musician, songwriter, bandleader, and record producer of Puerto Rican descent. He is best known for dance-oriented mambo and Latin jazz c ...
, ''The Mambo King'' (RMM, 1991)
* Tito Puente, ''Masterpiece/Obra Maestra'' (Universal 2000)
*
Tim Ries
Timothy M. Ries (born 15 August 1959) is an American saxophonist, composer, arranger, band leader, and music educator at the collegiate/conservatory level. Ries is in his year as a professor of jazz studies at the University of Toronto. His un ...
, ''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
James J. Snidero (born May 29, 1958 in Redwood City, California, United States) is an American jazz saxophonist.
Performance career
Snidero grew up in the Washington DC area (Camp Springs, MD), then attended the U of North Texas and performed in ...
, ''The Music of Joe Henderson'' (Double-Time, 1999)
*
Dave Stryker
Dave Stryker (born March 30, 1957) is an American jazz guitarist. He has recorded over twenty-five albums as a leader and has been a featured sideman with Stanley Turrentine, Jack McDuff, and Kevin Mahogany.
Career
Stryker grew up in Omaha, Nebr ...
, ''Blue to the Bone'' (SteepleChase, 1996)
*
Clark Terry
Clark Virgil Terry Jr. (December 14, 1920 – February 21, 2015) was an American swing and bebop trumpeter, a pioneer of the flugelhorn in jazz, and a composer and educator.
He played with Charlie Barnet (1947), Count Basie (1948–51), Duke ...
, ''Live at Marihans'' (Chiaroscuro, 2005)
References
External links
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Living people
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Punahou School alumni
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University of North Texas College of Music alumni
Musicians from New York City
Afro-Cuban jazz trombonists
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Mingus Big Band members
Double-Time Records artists
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