Bruce Forman

Bruce Forman (born May 14, 1956 in Springfield , Massachusetts ) is an American jazz guitarist who is considered a mainstream jazz stylist in the Jim Hall / Herb Ellis / Joe Pass tradition.

Live and act

Forman first learned the piano before switching to the guitar in 1970. In 1971 he moved to San Francisco. He studied with Jackie King at Poly Tech High School and began working with his own groups in the Bay Area; he also performed regularly at the Monterey Jazz Festival . In 1972 he gigged in New York with Roland Hanna and Sam Jones . From 1978 to 1982 he played with Richie Cole . From the beginning of the 1980s he began to record albums under his own name, u. a. with Bobby Hutcherson ( There Are Times , 1986), Billy Childs, and Eddie Marshall ; 1985 originated with George Cables album Dynamics in Concord Jazz . His most successful production was Forman on the Job in 1992 , with which he reached # 14 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. Forman also played with Eddie Jefferson , Freddie Hubbard , Joe Farrell , Tom Harrell , Mark Murphy , Kristin Korb and Grover Washington Jr. He also performed with Jimmy Knepper ( 1st Place , 1982), Ray Brown ( Some of My Best Friends Are Guitarists ) and Charlie Shoemake on. With the band Cow Bop he played a mixture of modern jazz and western swing .

Forman has taught at various high schools and universities, including the University of North Carolina , the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of North Texas . In 2000 he founded the JazzMasters Workshop organization , which has so far held more than 1500 workshops for young musicians in the USA.

20/20 ( Muse Records , 1981) with Albert Dailey , Mike Richmond , Billy Hart
The Bash (Muse, 1982) with Albert Dailey, Buster Williams , Eddie Gladden
Full Circle (Concord, 1984) with Bobby Hutcherson and George Cables
Pardon me! (Concord, 1988) with Jeff Carney, Eddie Marshall, Billy Childs
Still of the Night (GSP, 1991) with John Clayton and Albert "Tootie" Heath
Forman on the Job (Kamei, 1992) with John Clayton, Vince Lateano, John Santos, Mark Levine , Joe Henderson , Andy Narell

Richard Cook , Brian Morton : The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD, LP and Cassette . 2nd Edition. Penguin, London 1994, ISBN 0-14-017949-6 .
Leonard Feather , Ira Gitler : The Biographical Encyclopedia of Jazz. Oxford University Press, New York 1999, ISBN 0-19-532000-X .