Bruce Forman
Bruce Forman is an American jazz guitarist.
Forman took piano lessons at an early age before picking up the guitar at age thirteen. In 1971, his family moved to San Francisco, where he led his own groups in the area and performed with local jazz musicians, such as Eddie Duran, Vince Lateano, and Eddie Marshall, and with nationally known musicians, such as Ray Brown, George Cables, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, and Woody Shaw. He also performed regularly at the Monterey Jazz Festival. 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.Discography
As leader
- Coast to Coast
- River Journey
- 20/20
- In Transit
- Full Circle
- The Bash
- Dynamics with George Cables
- There Are Times
- Pardon Me!
- Still of the Night
- Forman on the Job with Joe Henderson
- Dedication
- The Sound of Music with Michele Weir
- Formanism
- The Book of Forman: Formanism, Vol. II
- Junkyard Duo
As sideman
With Richie Cole
- 1979 Hollywood Madness
- 1998 Richie & Phil & Richie
- 2007 Man with the Horn
With Clint Eastwood
With Dan Hicks
- 2009 Tangled Tales
- 2013 Live at Davies
With Roger Kellaway
With Mark Murphy
With Charlie Shoemake
- 1999 Uncrowned Kings & Long Lost
- 2003 Vibes Master
With others
- 1982 It's About Time, Lanny Morgan
- 1982 Play of Light, Tom Harrell
- 1986 New Weave, Rare Silk
- 1989 Ambos Mundos, Bobby Hutcherson
- 1988 Deep Voices, Dave Eshelman
- 1993 Star Eyes, Lorez Alexandria
- 1998 The Secret Handshake, Geoff Muldaur
- 2002 Some of My Best Friends Are... Guitarists, Ray Brown
- 2001 You're the Bop! A Jazz Portrait, Les DeMerle
- 2006 East to West, Tony Monaco
- 2013 Except Sometimes, Molly Ringwald
- 2011 Transparence, Chuck Deardorf