Material to be Acquired

Video

Books

• The Jazz Improviser: Technique, Musicianship, Theory, Performance, By Howard Roberts, edited by Evie Palmer
• Guitar Chord Directory: complete user program, by Howard Roberts, Playback Press, 1992.
• Chroma, by Howard Roberts, Madelyn Roberts and Jay Roberts, Playback Press.
• The Big 12 String Guitar, 24 pages Pacific Popular No. 60.

Recordings

• Jack Millman And His Hollywood All Stars Volume #1 - Jack Millman , Maynard Ferguson, Jack Montrose, Curtis Counce, Chico Hamilton, Gerald Wiggins, Herb Geller, Jimmy Giuffre, Buddy Collette, Red Norvo, Conti Condoli, Mike Pacheco, Artie Anton, Freddy Aguirre, Lin Halliday, Bob Gordon, Bobby Envoldsen, Howard Roberts, Shelly Manne, Ray Vasquez. Ralph Pena, Gary Frommer, Red Mitchell, Claude Williamson, Don Anderson, Don Overberg, Gary Frommer, Don Johamn, Dave Pike and others Trixie, Polly Wog, Action For Jackson, Lady Luck, Look Out, Here Comes Tomorrow, Reminiscent Riff, Self Portrait, Swing Easy, Little Mambo, Funny Brass, Better Tap Your Toe, Delussions, Tape Worm, New Horizons, Swingini On Down, Baroque, Balboa Walk, Action For Jackson #2, Elegy For Dance, Dawn, Arouni Back Volume #2 Jack Millman Buddy Collette, Jimmy Giuffre, Harry Babasin, Don Friedman, Bob Harrington, Charlie Shoemake, Ralph Pena, Scott LaFaro, Don Peterson, Clarence Jones, Frank Butler, Frankie Capp, Don Johamn, Ray Tidell, Larry Dunker Back Home Again In Indiana, Thereill Never Be Another You, Youid Be So Easy To Love, The Great Lie, Where Can I Go Without You, Polkadots And Moonbeams, Gone With The Wind, With The Wind And The Rain In Your Hair, Skylark, We'll Be Together Again, It Could Happen To You, Stella By Starlight, That Old Feeling, Bags Groove, Yardbird Suite.
• Sing Me To Sleep - Sing Me To Sleep
• Right or Wrong - Wanda Jackson (Bear Family Compilation)

Unissued Recordings

• A taped concert that features Teddy Charles, Howard Roberts, Jimmy Giuffre, Shorty Rogers, Russ Freeman, Curtis Counce, and Shelly Manne. It was recorded in August of 1953 when Charles was spending some time in Los Angeles. The concert features fifteen tunes, runs well over an hour.
  Date: August 12, 1953
  Location: Carlton Theater, LA
  Personnel: Teddy Charles (ldr), Chet Baker, Shorty Rogers (t), Jimmy Giuffre (ts), Teddy Charles (vib), Howard Roberts (g), Russ Freeman (p), Curtis Counce (b), Shelly Manne (d)
  Selections: Popo (Shorty Rogers) , O'Brien's A Fly'n (Teddy Charles), Out Of Nowhere (Johnny Green, Edward Heyman), Just One Of Those Things (Cole Porter), Curtis Counce, Violetta (John Nielson), Cherokee (Ray Noble).
  Here is a posting by Jim Harrod on Jazz Westcoast concerning this concert. Supposedly this recording is now owned by Uptown Records and will be realeased at some point.
• Buddy DeFranco Quintet - Live at Zardi's, L.A. August 1, 1956 (H.R., Marty Paich, Ralph Pena, Frank DeVito) - We'll Be Together Again, That Old Feeling, Over the Rainbow, You and the Night and the Music, Easy Living, Fascinatin' Rhythm, Polka Dots and Moonbeams, Pitfall, Abstract, Jumpin' Up and Down, Abstract, Pitfall, You and the Night and the Music, Black Magic, Have You Met Miss Jones?, Stendek, Deuce - never issued by Verve.
• Buddy DeFranco Sextet, L.A. April 14, 1958 (Jimmy Rowles, Barney Kessel, Howard Roberts, Ralph Pena, Frank De Vito) - Strings Have Sprung, Don't Worry About Me, I Love You, Chelsea Bridge, Raincheck, C-Jam Blues, Medley - on Verve but never released.
• Stan Kenton - Personal Sounds 6, 7, 8, 9 unissued on Capitol May 8, 1968.
• Interview on KFI (Los Angeles), Nov. 12, 1970 with Duke Ellington.
• Pulsations for Electronic Keyboard, Jazz Band and Orchestra - Lalo Schifrin [unissued], Dorothy Chandler Pavillion at the Music Center, Los Angeles,California, January 21,1971. Personnel: Conte Candoli, Bobby Bryant, Gary Barone, Tony Terran (tp); J. J.Johnson, Benny Powell, Tom McIntosh, Craig Kupo (tb); Bud Shank, Tom Scott, Don Menza, Tony Ortega, Jack Nimitz, (reeds); Lalo Schifrin (comp,Yamaha Electone EX-42); Emil Richards (vib); Howard Roberts (g); Ray Brown (b); Larry Bunker (d); Los Angeles Philharmonic; Zubin Mehta (cond). Pulsations For Electronic Keyboard, Jazz Band and Or chestra [Premiere]. Note: Commissioned by The Los Angeles Philharmonic. Program also included performances of Bizet's Symphony in C and Hindemith's Cello Concerto Nš 2. Performed on three occasions.
• Howard Roberts - untitled solo/duet (with Charlie Haden) VPI unissued
  • You Go To My Head (3 guitars)
  • I'm Old Fashioned (solo guitar)
  • Besame Mucho (solo guitar)
  • Body and Soul* (guitar-bass duet)
  • American Songs (A Conversational Stroll)* (guitar-bass duet)
  • Conqueror Worm (fantasia for guitars, guitar effects, and tape manipulation)
  Recorded at The Village Recorder, LA, *June 8, 1976, July 31 and September 14, 1977. Engineering by Baker Bigsby, assisted by Gilmar Fortis, Terry Baker, Ken Klinger, and Wendi Bluth. This unreleased work was recorded for Village Producers, Inc.
• A recorded concert at a country night club called "Longhorn Ballroom" in Dallas about 1977 featuring Howard Roberts, Herb Ellis, Bucky Pizzarelli, Tal Farlow, Les Paul, Slam Stewart, as well as top steel guitar players Buddy Emmons, Curley Chalker, Maurice Anderson, Julian Tharp and others. The concert was called the "Cavalcade of Guitars". Here is a link to a copy of a posting on a newsgroup concerning this recording.
• Concert at Bellarmine College, Wyatt Hall, Louisville, Ky. June 27, 1990.
  Selections: Angel Eyes, Queen Bee, Serenata, Apache Nightmare.
  Personnel: piano - Steve Crews, drums - Bruce Morrow, bass - Tyrone Wheeler.
  Comments: This was associated with an annual guitar clinic held at Bellarmine organized by guitarist Jeff Sherman. Also participating in the clinic were Cal Collins and Jimmy Raney.
• Lorez Alexandria - L.A. Aug. 10, 1971, Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe (unissued), By Myself/Alone Together (unissued) with an orchestra under the guidance of pianist Jack Wilson..