1. Howard Vincent Alden was born on October 17,1958 and is an American jazz guitarist born in Newport Beach, California.
10 Facts About Howard Alden
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Howard Vincent Alden was born in Newport Beach, California, on October 17,1958.
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Howard Alden grew up in Huntington Beach, playing piano, harmonica, the four-string tenor guitar, and then four-string banjo at age ten.
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Howard Alden studied guitar with Jimmy Wyble when he was 16.
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Howard Alden then conducted some of his own classes at GIT.
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Howard Alden made his first trip to the east coast in the summer of 1979, playing in a trio led by vibraphonist Red Norvo for three months at Resorts International in Atlantic City.
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Howard Alden formed the Howard Alden-Barrett Quintet in 1985 with Dan Barrett, which played in the swing idiom, as he has done for most of his career.
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Howard Alden began partnerships with Ruby Braff, Kenny Davern and Jack Lesberg.
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Howard Alden joined George Van Eps, innovator of the seven-string guitar, on tour and recorded albums with him, switching to the seven-string himself in 1992.
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Howard Alden recorded the guitar performances for Sean Penn's character Emmet Ray in Woody Allen's 1999 film Sweet and Lowdown, and taught Penn how to mime the performances for the film.