H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player

VINYL FORMAT. 180 gram! Howard Roberts was a remarkably versatile musician who was one of Los Angeles' most in-demand session players from the early 1950s through the 1970s. He recorded with a dizzying assortment of acts, including Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, the Beach Boys, the Monkees, Sonny and Cher, Peggy Lee, Eddie Cochran, the Electric Prunes and many, many others. Roberts also played on countless film and television soundtracks. His guitar work is featured prominently in the iconic theme music of The Twilight Zone, The Munsters, and I Dream of Jeannie. Impressive as his session resume is, for many jazz guitar aficionados, the real highlights of Howard Roberts' body of work are the instrumental albums he released under his own name throughout his career. His most sought-after release is the memorably titled H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player, originally released by Capitol Records in 1963. Recorded at the legendary Studio A in the Capitol Tower, with a band that includes fellow studio legends Chuck Berghofer and Earl Palmer on bass and drums, H.R. Is A Dirty Guitar Player is a potent showcase for Roberts' fluid, cool, swinging guitar work.