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Also known as Howard Mancel Roberts

American guitarist (1929–1992)

Person · Open Library

Works
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Top works

  • Sightreading
  • Howard Roberts Guitar Manual Chord Melody
  • The Praxis System Guitar Compendium
  • Guitar Compendium, Vol 3
  • Guitar Compendium, Vol 2

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1929-10-02
Active to
1992-06-28
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59,223
Total plays
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Howard Roberts (October 2, 1929 – June 28, 1992) was an American jazz guitarist, educator and session musician. Roberts was born in Phoenix, Arizona, and began playing guitar at the age of 8. By the time he was 15 he was playing professionally locally. In 1950 he moved to Los Angeles. There, with the assistance of Jack Marshall, he began playing with musicians including Bobby Troup, Chico Hamilton and Barney Kessel. In about 1956, Bobby Troup signed him to Verve Records as a solo artist. <a hre

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Howard
Family name
Roberts
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Phoenix
Place of death
Seattle
Instrument
guitar
Record label
Capitol Records
Image
Howard Roberts.jpg
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date of birth
1929-10-02
date of death
1992-06-28
manner of death
natural causes
Commons category
Howard Roberts (guitarist)
start of work period
1992-00-00
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