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Mr Roberts Plays Guitar
Howard Roberts
Mr Roberts Plays Guitar
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
 
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Featuring: Bob Cooper, Herb Geller (reeds), Pete Jolly, Gerry Wiggins (p), Red Norvo (vb), Red Mitchell (b), Alvin Stoller, Joe Morello (d), Bill Holman, Marty Paich, Jack Montrose and Bob Enevoldsen (arrangements) Soon af...  more »

     
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All Artists: Howard Roberts
Title: Mr Roberts Plays Guitar
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Fresh Sounds Spain
Release Date: 6/10/2008
Genres: Jazz, Pop, Broadway & Vocalists
Styles: Cool Jazz, Easy Listening, Traditional Vocal Pop
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 8427328604789

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Featuring: Bob Cooper, Herb Geller (reeds), Pete Jolly, Gerry Wiggins (p), Red Norvo (vb), Red Mitchell (b), Alvin Stoller, Joe Morello (d), Bill Holman, Marty Paich, Jack Montrose and Bob Enevoldsen (arrangements) Soon after he arrived in Los Angeles in 1950, Howard Roberts became one of the most in-demand jazz guitarists in the city's clubs and studios.
He spent six years as a sideman before Verve's Norman Granz gave him the chance to record his first album as a leader (tracks 1-10). As the notes on the album liner put it, "The works he has chosen represent a startling divergence of styles and impressions, significantly all under the sensitive control of a basic musical conception, which is seriously concerned with all aesthetic expression." All the arrangements are well thought out, and the individual musicians' interpretations are original without straying away from the Roberts-planned format.
The last five tracks on this CD were recorded in the same period by Intro
Records as part of an album entitled "Collections." No written arrangements were used. Instead, there is an atmosphere of spontaneous interaction that makes these performances a delight.


Seranata Burlesca / I Hear A Rhapsody / The Innocents / Ah-Moore / (Back Home In) Indiana / Indian Summer / Jillzie / My Shining Hour / Polka Dots And Moonbeams / An Orchid For Miss Sterling / Little Girl / A Ghost Of A Chance / Have You Met Miss Jones? / I've Got The World On A String / Sweet Georgia Brown

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CD Reviews

Mr Guitar
Jazzcat | Genoa, Italy Italy | 08/04/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Howard Roberts started his career as a recording jazzman with the first ten tunes contained in this album by Fresh Sounds. Originally it came out on Verve and it was an album full of stars in the arrangements department as in the playing roles. Bill Holman, Marty Paich, Jack Montrose, Bob Envoldsen were the arrangers while the players were Red Norvo, Pete Jolly, Bob Cooper and Alvin Stoller. What you can hear in this album are different settings, trio, quartet, quintet and string sections. The music is always interesting. Howard plays really really well in all the situations. This is a straight ahead jazz date (two different dates actually) and not an album similar to the Capitol ones that Howard recorded later on, that in my opinion are the ones that form the legacy of Mr Roberts original sounds (albums that I love so much). But this one it's really great in its own right. It shows a master at work among many other masters, ... something that does not happen anymore unfortunatly. A very good records that I suggest to all the fans of good, really good Jazz (the years are 1956/1957)."
A Youthful Master at work
Larry Bellinger | Albany, NY USA | 10/17/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)

"Howard Roberts is perhaps the most widely heard and least known guitarist in musical history. His many years in the Los Angeles studios found him playing on thousands of pop records, commercials, movie scores, TV themes, etc. Whenever he played live, usually in Los Angeles, the audience often had famous guitar players in attendance, sometimes watching with their mouths hanging open, astounded at what they were seeing and hearing.



This outing puts the young, mid-twenties guitarist in company of recognized jazz performers, and he more than holds his own. Although the record is 50 years old, it stands up well to anything you're likely to hear today. If you enjoy this disc, I recommend you obtain Volumes 1 and 2 of "The Magic Band: Live at Donte's." With about 15 more years of experience and maturity, Howard sailed into stratospheric levels of excellence, burning up the fretboard with aplomb.



Howard was also an innovative teacher, founding the Guitar Institute of Technology in Los Angeles (now known as the Musician's Institute).



Cancer took Howard in 1992. It was a great loss."