Bruce Forman

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

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 NO. 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

As leader

• Coast to Coast (Choice-Bainbridge, 1980)
• River Journey (Muse, 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, 1986)
• Pardon Me! (Concord, 1988)
• Still of the Night (Kamei, 1991)
• Forman on the Job (with Joe Henderson) (Kamei, 1992)
• Michele Weir & Bruce Forman – The Sound of Music (self-release on Weirforman Records, 2003)
• Dedication: Bootleg Vol. 1 (Blujazz, 2003)
• Formanism (self-release on B4man Music, 2012)
• The Book of Forman: Formanism, Vol. II (self-release on B4man Music, 2015)

With Cow Bop

• Swingin' Out West (Blujazz, 2004)
• Route 66 (Blujazz, 2008)
• Too Hick for the Room (self-release on B4man Music, 2011)
• Cowlifornia Swing (self-release on B4man Music, 2012)

References

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