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Infobox musical artist | name = Howard Alden| image = Howard_Alden.jpg| caption =| image_size = 250| landscape = yes| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| Born = Birth date and age|1958|10|17
Newport Beach, California , United States | death_date =| origin = New York City | instrument = Guitar , tenor banjo | genre = Jazz | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1973–present| label = Concord Records|Concord , Arbors Records | associated_acts =| website = http://www.howardalden.com/ www.howardalden.com| notable_instruments = Howard Alden (born Birth date and age|1958|10|17) is an United States|American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California . He has recorded a long series of albums for Concord Records . His performances were dubbed over Sean Penn as 'Emmet Ray' in the 1999 Woody Allen film Sweet and Lowdown . Howard has recorded four albums with seven-string guitar innovator George Van Eps .

Biography


Early life


Howard Alden was born in Newport Beach, California in 1958. He began playing the 4-string tenor guitar and banjo at age ten. After hearing recordings of Barney Kessel , Charlie Christian , Django Reinhardt and other jazz guitar greats, he got a six-string guitar and started teaching himself to play that as well. As a teenager he played both instruments at various venues in the Los Angeles area.cite book| last = Yanow| first = Scott| authorlink = Scott Yanow| title = Swing: Third Ear--The Essential Listening Companion | publisher = Backbeat Books| year = 2000| page = 388| doi = | isbn = 0879306009 He studied guitar with Jimmy Wyble when he was 16. By 1977 he was studying jazz guitar at the Guitar Institute of Technology in Hollywood, California with Howard Roberts .cite web| last = | first = | title = Howard Alden @ Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz NPR| url= http://www.npr.org/programs/pianojazz/previousguests/summer2002/alden.html| accessdate = 2007-06-04

Career


Alden made his first trip to the east coast in the summer of 1979, playing in a trio led by the legendary vibist Red Norvo for 3 months at Resorts International in Atlantic City.
Alden moved to New York City in 1982 to play an extended engagement at the Café Carlyle with jazz pianist/songwriter Joe Bushkin. Soon afterward, he was discovered by Joe Williams (jazz singer)|Joe Williams and Woody Herman . In 1983 he was already collaborating with Dick Hyman , when he appeared with him and a host of other musicians at Eubie Blake 's one-hundredth birthday concert.cite book| last = Levin| first = Floyd| authorlink = Floyd Levin| title = Classic Jazz: A Personal View of the Music and the Musicians | publisher = University of California Press | year = 2002| page = 134| doi = | isbn = 0520234634 In 1988 Alden signed with Concord Jazz record label , and recorded many albums with them over the following fifteen years as a bandleader and as a sideman.

Personal life


Alden lives in Manhattan .cite web| last = | first =| title = Benedetto Guitars profile| url= http://www.benedettoguitars.com/players_alden.php| accessdate = 2007-06-04

Other endeavors


He taught actor Sean Penn to convincingly mime playing guitar for his role as the legendary (but fictional) jazz guitarist "Emmett Ray" in the Woody Allen film " Sweet and Lowdown ". Alden also performed most of the music for the film along with Bucky Pizzarelli on rhythm guitar, with the music arranged by pianist Dick Hyman .cite book| last = Bailey| first = Peter J.| authorlink = | title = The Reluctant Film Art of Woody Allen | publisher = University Press of Kentucky | year = 2003| page = 310| doi = | isbn = 082420493X

Awards


  • 1990 - "Best Emerging Guitar Talent" poll winner in JazzTimes

  • 1992 - "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" from Down Beat

  • 1993 - "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" from Down Beat

  • 1995 - "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" from Down Beat

  • 1996 - "Talent Deserving Wider Recognition" from Down Beat

  • 2008 - Recognized as one of the "Top 75 Guitarists" by Down Beat


    • Discography


    YearAlbumLeaderLabel
    1985"No Amps Allowed"Howard Alden & Jack Lesberg Chiaroscuro
    1986"Swing Street"Howard Alden Concord Jazz
    1988"Swinging Into Prominence"Howard AldenFamous Door
    1988"Plays the Music of Harry Reser "Howard AldenStomp Off
    1989"The Howard Alden Trio Plus Special Guests Ken Peplowski & Warren Vache "Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    1989"The ABQ Salutes Buck Clayton "Howard Alden & Dan Barrett Concord Jazz
    1990"Snowy Morning Blues" w/ Monty Alexander Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    1991"13 Strings" w/ George Van Eps Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    1991"Misterioso"Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    1991"Hand-Crafted Swing"Howard Alden & George Van EpsConcord Jazz
    1992"Good Likeness"Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    1993"Seven & Seven"Howard Alden & George Van EpsConcord Jazz
    1994"Keepin' Time"Howard Alden & George Van EpsConcord Jazz
    1994"Your Story: The Music of Bill Evans"Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    1994"Encore& #33; Live at Centre Concord"Howard Alden & Ken PeplowskiConcord Jazz
    1995"Concord Jazz guitar Collective"Howard Alden, Frank Vignola & Jimmy Bruno Concord Jazz
    1996"Take Your Pick"Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    2001" The Jazz KENnection " Kenny Davern & Ken Peplowski Arbors Records
    2001"Live In Belfast"Frank TateNagel-Heyer
    2002"My Shining Hour"Howard AldenConcord Jazz
    2003"In A Mellow Tone"Howard Alden & Bucky Pizzarelli Concord Jazz
    2004"Live In '95"Howard Alden & Dan BarrettConcord Jazz
    2005"Everything I Love"Howard Alden & Dave Cliff Zephyr Records
    2006"Howard Alden's UK 4 Live at Lewes"Howard AldenWoolf Notes
    2006"Maurice Hines: To Nat King Cole With Love" Maurice Hines Arbors Records
    2006-05-08
    " Dialogues (Kenny Davern album)
    w/ Kenny Davern
    		Arbors Records
    2007"Howard Alden and Ken Peplowski's Pow-Wow"Howard Alden and Ken Peplowski Arbors Records
    2010"I Remember Django"Howard Alden - featuring Anat Cohen & Warren Vaché Arbors Records


    References


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    External links


    Commons category
  • http://www.howardalden.com Howard Alden Official site

  • Allmusic|class=artist|id=p5991|label=Howard Alden


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