Guitarists

Scope and Contents Guitarist Roland Prince lectured on 9/14/1976 (2015-0002/RR250). Prince is a guitarist from Antigua, who after moving to Toronto in the mide-1960s, relocated to New York City in 1969. During the late-1960s to the mid-1970s, Prince performed with Brother Jack McDuff, Billy Mitchell, Wynton Kelly, Art Blakey, Stanley Turrentine, and Jimmy Smith before leading his own trio. Prince toured Europe and Japan, then continued making records with Elvin Jones, Roy Haynes, James Moody, Frank Foster, and...

Scope and Contents Guitarist Howard Roberts delivered 2 lectures. He spoke on 1/25/1983 (2015-0002/RR261) and 4/3/1984 (2015-0002/RR321). A guitarist who was active in Los Angeles for over 40 years, Roberts studied music privately and received some formally instruction under music theorist Joseph Schillinger. Between 1950 and the 1970s, Roberts had appeared on thousands of jazz, rock, and pop records, establishing himself as a versatile studio guitarist. Roberts also frequently performed live music with his...