Chet Atkins with H.R. in the background. Probably from the session for Chet Atkins in Hollywood recorded with the Dennis Farnon Orchestra on October 23, 1958.
Howard Roberts playing at Bellarmine College in Louisville, Kentucky.
Many thanks to Jeff Sherman of Bellarmine for this.
Thanks to jazz guitarist Paula Drake of Arizona for this picture.
Howard Roberts with the other musicians at the session for Rusty Bryant
Plays Jazz and America's Greatest Jazz - Rusty Bryant on August 6 or 8, 1957.
Howard Roberts with Joe Pass (many thanks to Genil de Castro Junior an
excellent jazz guitarist from
Brazil for this)
Howard Roberts with Tal Farlow and Cal Collins at
1977 Concord Jazz Festival at the Concord Pavilion in Concord, CA.
There were four nights of shows.
Six guitarists appeared on one of these nights:
Howard Roberts, Tal Farlow, Barney Kessel, Herb Ellis, Cal Collins and
Remo Palmieri. This night was billed as the Guitar Summit.
The Howard Roberts Quartet played on the next night of the festival.
Many thanks to Jim Napier for the pictures and information.
Howard Roberts with Pete Jolly at the 1977 Concord Jazz Festival
(many thanks to Jim Napier for this).
Howard Roberts with John Guerin (unseen), Jeff Berlin (?), and
Pete Jolly at the 1977 Concord Jazz Festival
(many thanks to Jim Napier for this).
Howard Roberts with Tal Farlow at the 1977 Concord Jazz Festival
(many thanks to Jim Napier for this).
Howard Roberts
(photo taken by Andrea Augé).
Howard Roberts
(photo taken by Andrea Augé).
Howard Roberts
(photo taken by Andrea Augé).
Howard Roberts
(photo taken by Andrea Augé).
Howard Roberts
(photo taken by Andrea Augé).
Howard Roberts
(photo taken by Andrea Augé).
Howard Roberts
(photo taken by Andrea Augé).
Howard Roberts at a seminar in Marblehead, MA sometime in 1973-75
(many thanks to Paul Lovell an attendee).
Howard Roberts with Mick Goodrick at a seminar in Marblehead, MA sometime in 1973-75
(many thanks to Paul Lovell an attendee).
Howard Roberts, Tommy Tedesco, pianist unknown, Ray Pohlman, Lyle Ritz taken by
trombonist Tommy Sheppard and thansk to Mitch Holder.
Tom Scott and Howard Roberts in 1969 (this picture is
from the Tom Scott website - see Links on the sidebar).
Howard Roberts (at 19) and Pete Jolly (at 16) playing at a Local 586
Musicians Union party
at the Mecca Lounge in Phoenix. This is the original professional level guitar
that H.R. owned (a blond Epiphone Deluxe with a DeArmond pickup) and is
currently owned by his daughter Madelyn Roberts. Thanks to Madelyn
for the picture and information.
Mike, Howard and Patty Roberts in Hawaii, 1991.
Howard Roberts receiving an honor from the Mayor of Honolulu, July, 26, 1991.
This was an event connected with the Roy Sakuma ukele school and he
also appears in the picture.
Howard Roberts teaching at one of his seminars.
Howard Roberts teaching at one of his seminars.
Howard Roberts teaching at at a workshop-assembly held at Berklee School
of Music in Boston, October 4, 1973. (Thanks to Professor John Amaral, Director
US School of Commercial Music "the guy in the glasses, upper right".)
Howard Roberts recording.
Howard Roberts recording.
First graduating class from GIT in 1978 with Howard Alden directly behind H.R.
David Deavenport has provided some further identification of individuals in the
picture. He is in the back row second from the left. Tommy Tedesco is
to the right of H.R. with Ron Eschete between them. Don Mock is the
front row second from the right. Pat Hicks is to the left of H.R. and Joe Dorio
is to the right of Tommy Tedesco. He writes:
"Also, next to me in
the glasses, is Charlie Fechter, who used to hand notate some of the original
REH books, among others. The lady in the lower left was Kathy, who taught a
class in musical notation as well as being the receptionist. The lady on the
bottom right next to Don Mock, was Becky Hicks, Pat's wife."
Howard Roberts (a picture from
an article on David Axelrod in Wax Poetics #14)
Howard Roberts conducting a seminar (thanks to David Aline).