NEW C.D.
FRED FORNEY QUINTET, Chasing Horizons - Jazz CD - OA2 Records (www.oa2records.com)
Origin Records - nominated for Label of the Year - 2009, along with Concord, Palmetto, Sunnyside and Heads Up Records at the annual Jazz Week Summit in Rochester, NY.

THE MUSIC
Modern jazz music, drawing upon the influnces of U.S. jazz history and tradition as well as European improvised music.  The soulful, introspective, and interesting compositions by Fred Forney, serve as a vehicle for the three distinctive voices of Forney, Marohnic and Winston.  Each song accompanies a story found in the liner notes, edited by Paul Morris.

THE MUSICIANS
Chuck Marohnic, piano, Director Emeritus and ASU, has created a musical ministry, and has performed with many legends in jazz history, including Ira Sullivan, Chet Baker, Joe Henderson, Tom Harrell and others.  Brice Winston, tenor saxophone, has been touring and recording with Terence Blanchard for many years and conducts his own jazz workshop in Tucson, AZ.  Dwight Kilian, bass, director of Music Serving the Word Ministeries, has played with Art Lande, Lee Konitz, Bob Florence, Ernie Watts and many others.  Dom Moio, drums, has played with Bennie Green, Jerry Bergonzi, Greg Hopkins, Carl Fontana

NEW MUSIC
FRED FORNEY NEW QUARTET with Nick Manson piano, will be playing at Sacred Grounds and the Appian Way Restaruant throughout 2009 - 2010.  More original music is being created for up coming concerts.

THE MUSIC OF CHARLES MINGUS, a special presentation by Fred scheduled for December 3, at Sacred Grounds in Scottsdale.  Watch for more details and description of the performance.

FRED FORNEY/RUSS SCHMIDT DUO, has been performing on Friday and Saturday evenings in the Fresh From the Farm Restaurant and Schnepf Farms.  Music should begin again, late September after a summer vacation.  Great Food and atmosphere. www.schnepffarms.com

ARMAND BOATMAN BE BOP REVOLUTION, will be performing throughout the valley in 2009 - 2010, sold out at the Desert Botanical Garden, May, 2009.  Watch the calendar.

FILM NOIR, THE JAZZ IN FILM PROJECT is always under construction and development.  This seems to be a favorite of audiences, with the variety of melodies, textures, moods, rhythms and associating this sound with Hollywood movies and actors of the late 1940s.  We are looking to expand the program with a visual element of film clips and actors during the performance.

ARMAND BOATMAN/FRED FORNEY DUO, will be scheduled at the Jazz In The Hills Series.  Also coming up in the spring, The Music Of Miles Davis.  www.fountainhillstheater.com/jazz-in-the-hills

The Broadway season at ASU’s Gammage Auditorium in Tempe, will keep me busy with Wicked and Legally Blonde, fall 2009.