The music community recently lost a towering personage in composer, conductor, producer and musician Howard Roberts.
Founder of the Howard Roberts Chorale and musical director of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater, Roberts died on March 10 in Chatsworth, California at the age of 86.
Eugene Simpson sent me the link to Roberts’ obituary in Variety. What this man did in his lifetime is absolutely awe-inspiring. Check it out: Howard Roberts.
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Bob Marovich is a gospel music historian, author, and radio host. Founder of Journal of Gospel Music blog (formally The Black Gospel Blog) and producer of the Gospel Memories Radio Show.
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Howard Robert’s,seated at the Karamu House dance studio piano spoke of returning to NYC and the Ailey company. This may have been in the 1960s.