Person · Open Library
- Works
- 10
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
2008 universal fire victimcool jazzjazz
Discography
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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
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Howard
- Family name
- Roberts
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Phoenix
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Genre
- gospel music
- 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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