Howard Roberts

**jamieh** · 08-30-2012, 01:12 PM

Great posts everyone. Flat, if you have as an mp3, it would be awsome to hear that Howard Roberts seminar!

**Flat** · 09-09-2012, 11:30 PM

Hey Jamieh -

Mike Evans has it on his site. Scroll down under "Lectures."

http://utstat.utoronto.ca/mikevans/h.../instruct.html

It was recorded on a cassette jam box. The sound quality is not very good. Some of the student questions are pretty lame. But it's nice to hear at least for the sake of nostalgia.

**jseaberry** · 09-10-2012, 10:46 PM

I don't see any previous mention of this; I can't imagine this stayed under the radar

**Marty Grass** · 05-19-2019, 10:37 AM

This is an old thread that should not die.

Here's some of his music to sample. His technique is amazing. His runs are very complex and interesting. Yet he cranks out tasteful melodies that are engaging.

Howard contributed much beyond just performing.

There are very, very few who achieved his professionalism and his artistry.

**jameslovestal** · 05-25-2019, 04:33 AM

During the 80s I was the Howard Roberts band many times. These were like jam sessions with really long solos by all. While this allowed the musicians to streach it would have been nice if this was done on only 1 song instead of every song. The most interesting night was when Roberts played with Garbo Sabbo. Maybe because Howard did not know some of Garbo tunes down pat he played more grounded. Funny but I saw the comment about 16 bar solos, which was common on Roberts commercial Capital recordings of mostly pop tunes. Well in these gigs the solos were 116 bars!! Still Howard had chops.