He was employed as Musical Director for the travelling Riksteartet, a position which was a strange combination of classical discipline and the free life of the wanderer - both probably essential factors for Robert. He keenly felt the frustrating limitations of the jazz environment of the time and longed for greater musical forms. He composed music for theatre productions and planned a large concert for guitar and orchestra. But the basic and vital freedom sought after by Robert Normann is only to be found in jazz. Jazz was his medicine and his poison in one and the same dose.
Frustration is pronounced and the guitar concert was never performed.
There are however, some historical recordings used in the fleeting media of television and radio where Robert's mature and highly personal style is demonstrated to the full. These include elements from his entire musical experience including quite clearly, those melancholy Russian minor chords, an echo from his childhood at Sundlokka. The manouche guitarist Angelo Debarre was on the stage together with Serge Camps and Frank Anastasio and on the first bench in the packed hall was Finn Westbye from String Swing and many of Robert's other colleagues and friends from the early years. However, Robert Uro Normann was conspicuous by his absence.