JAY ROBERTS
- Jay Roberts was born in California and is the son of legendary jazz guitarist
and world renowned educator Howard Roberts. (founder of the Guitar Institute of
Technology) Although stylistically versatile with a Rock, Blues and Jazz
background, his heart is found in improvising and teaching. Growing up with a
very musical family, Jay found himself playing multiple instruments including
Guitar, Drums and Bass, and studying extensively with his father, mentor and
best friend H.R. Jay is the founder of RMI (Roberts Music Institute), an
accelerated learning facility located in Seattle/Bellevue Washington. Being a
music school with an emphasis on performance and student interaction, Jay is
actively involve with students on a day to day basis, teaching classes,
ensembles and private lessons. Jay studied both guitar and drums as a child and
began teaching at age 14. Since then, as an educator, has provided well over
50,000 private and group lessons on guitar, drums, and bass. The core curriculum
has always been based on the brilliant, innovative and accelerated learning
techniques created by Howard Roberts. Having studied under Howard for many
years, Jay still refers to HR’s reference materials for inspiration and
direction.
Jay has won several electric guitar competitions, including Seattle's Best
Guitarist in 1992 and 1993, sponsored by Yamaha, as well as the Jimi Hendrix
National Electric Guitar Competition, sponsored by Gibson Guitars.
Performing with Joey DeFrancesco, Stanley Jordan, Eric Burden, Noel Redding,
Mitch Mitchell as well as Dan Dean, Robert Damper, Clint Strong, Brendan Scanlan,
Rich D'Angel, Don Mock, John Stowell, Ben Lacy and Howard Roberts, (to name a
few) Jay has had the opportunity to stretch out and develope his own style.
Jay’s debut solo CD “Son of a Dirty Guitar player” features B-3 virtuoso, Joey
Defransesco. This is a tribute to Howard Roberts and “HR is a Dirty Guitar
player”
""Pocket Deuce,"" a guitar duo with Jay Roberts and Ben Lacy is his latest CD
release. This features a blend of Jazz and Pop standards, arranged for two
guitars.
Currently residing in the Seattle area, he is involved in several music
performance and recording projects, including a Guitar duo with Don Mock. Jay
also plays in the Jazz/Fusion quartet, “The BIG NOW, “with Robert Damper on
keyboards, Dan Dean on bass and Brendan Scanlan on drums.
Jay endorses Breedlove Guitars, and can be found each year at the NAMM
conference performing as a product specialist with several manufactures.
Muriel Anderson's All Star Guitar Night benefits the
Music For Life Alliance
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