Howard Roberts
Born on October 2, 1929, in Phoenix, Arizona, Howard Roberts was a jazz
guitarist and educator best known for his work as a session musician. Playing
guitar since the age of 8 years old, Howard Roberts moved to Los Angeles,
California in 1950 and immediately began working with writers, arrangers, and
musicians such as Henry Mancini, Chico Hamilton, Neal Hefti, Barney Kessel and
others. His early 1950s session work included albums with Bobby Troup and his
wife Julie London. Signing to Verve Records as a solo artist, Howard Roberts
recorded two albums for the label in the late 1950...
