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Bruce Forman was born in Springfield, Massachusetts on May 14, 1956 and first took piano lessons at an early age before picking up the guitar at age thirteen. In 1971, his family moved to San Francisco, California where he led his own groups in the area and performed with local jazz musicians, such as Eddie Duran, Vince Lateano, and Eddie Marshall.

He would go on to perform and record with nationally renowned musicians, such as Ray Brown, George Cables, Joe Henderson, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, and Woody Shaw.

He performed regularly at the Monterey Jazz Festival and played with Richie Cole from 1978 to 1982. Bruce recorded his first of sixteen albums to date, Coast To Coast,  in 1981. 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.

As a sideman he has recorded with Richie Cole, Clint Eastwood, Dan Hicks, Roger Kellaway, Mark Murphy, Charlie Shoemake, Lanny Morgan, Tom Harrell, Rare Silk, Dave Eshelman, Lorez Alexandria, Geoff Muldaur,  Les DeMerle, Tony Monaco, Molly Ringwald, Chuck Deardorf. Guitarist Bruce Forman continues to perform, record and tour.

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