A Voice Trough The Door by Conrad Herwig

Conrad Herwig

A Voice Trough The Door

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Format: CD
Label: Criss Cross
UPC: 8712474135226
Catnr: CRISS 1352
Release date: 05 October 2012
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Label
Criss Cross

UPC
8712474135226

Catalogue number
CRISS 1352

Release date
05 October 2012

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It would be fellow Criss Cross associate Walt Weiskopf who would bring Conrad Herwig into the label's fold back in 1992. The trombonist would then go on to record his own Criss Cross debut, Heart of Darkness (Criss 1155) in 1998. Now some 15 years into his tenure, Herwig has recorded eight remarkable and engagingly diverse albums with A Voice Through the Door being his latest breakthrough. Highlighting a distinguished composer, this inspired recital includes seven new Herwig originals along with a reworking of the standard All or Nothing At All. The emphasis is on shared communication, an aspect that is clearly evident through Herwig's long track record with pianist Orrin Evans and drummer Donald Edwards. Adding something new to the mix, however, are new associations with tenor man Ralph Bowen and bassist Kenny Davis, themselves frequent collaborators going back to their days with the band Out of the Blue.

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Connie Jones

Connie Jones (born 1934) is an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist from New Orleans. Jones started playing the bugle while in military school, and later changed to trumpet at age 10. His first professional band was the Basin Street Six, a traditional New Orleans jazz group led by him and Pete Fountain. Fountain became Jones' long-time friend and collaborator and still occasionally performs with Jones.[1] Before starting his own group, Jones played in the bands of Billy Maxted and Santo Pecora.[1] He was also in Jack Teagarden's group when Teagarden died in 1964.[2] As a bandleader he played in the Blue Angel nightclub and later aboard the Mississippi steamboat Delta Queen.[1] In 2008, Jones recorded the album Creole Nocturne with pianist Tom McDermott.[3] Among his many television credits are 'The Today Show,' 'The tonight Show,' and 'The Mike Douglas Show.' He has been featured...

Connie Jones (born 1934) is an American jazz trumpeter and cornetist from New Orleans.

Jones started playing the bugle while in military school, and later changed to trumpet at age 10. His first professional band was the Basin Street Six, a traditional New Orleans jazz group led by him and Pete Fountain. Fountain became Jones' long-time friend and collaborator and still occasionally performs with Jones.^[1]

Before starting his own group, Jones played in the bands of Billy Maxted and Santo Pecora.^[1] He was also in Jack Teagarden's group when Teagarden died in 1964.^[2] As a bandleader he played in the Blue Angel nightclub and later aboard the Mississippi steamboat Delta Queen.^[1] In 2008, Jones recorded the album Creole Nocturne with pianist Tom McDermott.^[3]

Among his many television credits are "The Today Show," "The tonight Show," and "The Mike Douglas Show." He has been featured at venues worldwide, including The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the Satchmo SummerFest, the Evergreen Jazz Festival (to name a few) and Jones continues to perform at the French Quarter Festival in New Orleans. His band (The Crescent City Jazz Band) was the opening act of the festival for nine years in a row.^[3] Jones was also part of the festival's entertainment committee in 2009.^[3]

Connie Jones is renowned as one of the most talented musicians to emerge from New Orleans and received an honorary degree from Loyola University in May of 2012.

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