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Mitchel Forman (born January 24, 1956 in Brooklyn, NY) is a jazz and fusion keyboard player...

Mitchel Forman (born January 24, 1956 in Brooklyn, NY) is a jazz and fusion keyboard player currently residing in Southern California. Mitchel Forman began studying classical piano at age seven. At 17 he entered the Manhattan School of Music for three years of study and began working with bands in New York. Shortly after graduating from MSM Mitchel began touring and recording with Gerry Mulligan, playing in both his big band and quartet, and work with Stan Getz followed. In 1980 his solo career began with a piano performance at the Newport Jazz Festival. This recording became Mitchel's first album, "Live at Newport". In subsequent years Forman worked on the road with Phil Woods, Carla Bley, Mel Tormé, and Astrud Gilberto. He also recorded two solo piano albums for Soul Note and toured in Europe regularly. Forman then joined guitarist John McLaughlin for a year and a half on the road, recording and contributing to two of the band's recordings - the seminal "Mahavishnu" and "Adventures in Radioland". Mitchel then joined ex-Weather Report saxophonist Wayne Shorter, touring, recording and contributing to Shorter's "Phantom Navigator". In 1985, Forman began leading his own band and