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Bruce Forman (born 1956, in Springfield, Massachusetts) is an American jazz guitarist.

Videography[]

Biography[]

Forman moved to San Francisco in 1971 and led his own groups in the area for several years, in addition to performing regularly at the Monterey Jazz Festival.[1] He played with Richie Cole from 1978 to 1982. His most successful album as a leader was 1992's Forman on the Job, which hit #14 on the U.S. Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart.[2] Forman, an acclaimed jazz educator as well as performer, is currently on faculty at the University of Southern California, teaching in the Studio/Jazz Guitar Department.

Discography[]

  • Coast to Coast (Choice Records, 1980)
  • River Journey (Muse Records, 1981)
  • 20/20 (Muse, 1981)
  • In Transit (Muse, 1982)
  • The Bash (Muse, 1982)
  • Full Circle (Concord Jazz, 1984)
  • Dynamics with George Cables (Concord, 1985)
  • There Are Times (Concord, 1987)
  • Pardon Me! (Concord, 1988)
  • Still of the Night (Kamei Records, 1991)
  • Forman on the Job (Kamei, 1992)
  • Dedication (Blu Jazz, 2003)
  • Formanism (Self-release, 2012)

References[]

  1. Scott Yanow, Bruce Forman at Allmusic
  2. Billboard, Allmusic.com


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