Howard Roberts
Electric Guitar Solo on
Neil's Blues

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Howard Roberts's two-chorus electric guitar solo is the fifth and final solo on this extended blues. At 144 BPM over the 12-bar form in F, Roberts navigates the blues changes with the precision and articulate style that made him one of Los Angeles's premier studio and jazz guitarists. Following solos by piano, alto sax, trumpet, and tenor sax, Roberts's clean-toned guitar brings a contrasting timbre that rounds out the performance, his playing reflecting a versatility rooted in both jazz tradition and the demands of the studio world.

Howard Roberts was 25 to 26 years old at the time.