CALIbLY News & Events - University News & Information C a l i f o r n i a P o l y t e c h n i c S t a t e U n i v e r s i t y, S a n L u i s O b i s p o , C a l i f o r n i a January 28, 2005 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michele Abba Cal Poly Music Department (805) 756-2406 http://www.music.calpoly.edu Bruce Forman to Perform With Cal Poly Jazz Bands Feb. 19 SAN LUIS OBISPO - Legendary jazz guitarist Bruce Forman will headline Cal Poly's annual Just Jazz concert at 8 p.m., Friday, Feb. 19, in Harman Hall in the Christopher Cohan Center. Forman will perform with the University Jazz Band #1, led by Jazz Studies Director Paul Rinzler. "Bruce Forman is one of the great lights of our age," according to jazz guitar great Barney Kessel. Forman's guitar style has been an important part of the international jazz scene for more than two decades. He has performed or recorded with Bobby Hutcherson, Ray Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Stanley Turrentine, Joe Henderson, Barney Kessel, and others. Forman and the University Jazz Band #1 will perform arrangements of works by Jim McNeely, Count Basie and Pacquito d'Rivera. Also appearing will be the "Little Big Band" (the University Jazz Band #2) and the Cal Poly Jazz Combo, both directed by Rinzler. Tickets to Just Jazz range from $5 to $15 and may be purchased at the Performing Arts Center ticket office, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. To order by phone, call SLO-ARTS (756-2787). The Just Jazz concert is sponsored by the Cal Poly Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. ### Photograph of Bruce Forman available upon request. Please contact Michele Abba at (805)756-2406 CP Home • CP Find It • Get Adobe Reader • Help Accessing Public Affairs Web Content Cal Poly News Web • Cal Poly Magazine • Cal Poly Update E-newsletter Public Affairs Office .