Bruce Forman, widely recognized as one of the top jazz guitarists in the world, has gotten off the straight-ahead path in recent years to follow what seems at first a highly unlikely alternate route: ...

This week, somewhere in or around Downieville, at the northern end of Route 49, the twisting highway running through the heart of California Gold Rush country, five musicians -- a guitarist, a drummer ...

"In many ways the trip changed my life. I don't think I'll ever have the same opinion of my fellow humans I had before." —Bruce Forman, Cow Bop guitarist "The sun was high, the air was still, a day so ...

When he formed Cow Bop a little more than 10 years ago, guitarist Bruce Forman saw it as an opportunity to bring together two of his passions: jazz and Western music. “I’ve always been a straight ...

As a respected jazz guitarist, Bruce Forman has more than a nodding acquaintance with the concept of freedom. So the subjects of musical genres and travel strike a particular chord in the Sierra Madre ...

Guitarist Bruce Forman formed Cow Bop in 2003. The cowboy jazz and western be-bop band plays music that features swing blues, harmony vocals and more. Cow Bop has toured extensively; appearances ...

Mix westernly swinging blues, dexterous riffs, harmonious vocal blends and cowboy sensibility and you’ve only just begun to describe Bruce Forman’s Cow Bop. Formed in 2013 by guitarist Forman, ...

A decade ago Bruce Forman was leading a double life. He lived in San Francisco and played bebop jazz guitar at the now-defunct Jazz at Pearl's and other clubs when not touring the world with his trio.

Hitching his thumbs around a wide belt buckle, Bruce Forman smiled widely at about 30 youngsters sprawled on the floor of the Boys & Girls Club’s gymnasium on a warm Tuesday afternoon. Forman and his ...