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Sullivan Fortner makes his vocal debut on WBGO's The Checkout
1 Changing Keys
2 Pep Talk
3 Elegy For Clyde Kerr
4 Beans and Cornbread
5 Eyes So Beautiful as Yours
6 In A Sentimental Mood
7 Barbra's Strut
8 Just in Time
9 New Port
10 Fantasy
11 Monk Medley
12 Solid Rock
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ew Orleans-Bred Pianist and Composer Sullivan Fortner Returns with His Sophomore Album, Moments Preserved on Impulse! Records Three years after the release of Sullivan Fortner's 2015 Impulse! Records debut, the 31-year-old New Orleans-bred pianist and composer returns with his sophomore album, Moments Preserved, which finds him leading a trio of bassist Ameen Saleem and drummer Jeremy "Bean" Clemons. The album will be released digitally on 6/1 and is available physically 6/8 on Impulse!.

Produced by Grammy-winner Brian Bacchus, Moments Preserved was conceived at the end of a productive recording period, during which Fortner participated on six recording sessions in less than two months. While gathering tunes for the album, he reflected on many key life moments that have occurred since winning the 2008 Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship and the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship – moments including the conclusion of his eight-year tenure in Roy Hargrove's band, emerging as a bandleader and Juggling his personal life with his demanding professional life. He calls the body of work one of his "most honest and emotionally direct" to date.

Since Aria, Fortner's debut on Impulse, he has been the first call pianist for some of the top artists in jazz and beyond, apart from stunning audiences with his own solo and trio performances. In 2017, he joined John Scofield for the European leg of his Country For Old Men Spring tour and most recently, has both recorded and performed critically-acclaimed sold out shows with international jazz vocal phenomenon, Cécile McLorin Salvant – the run included a show at the Kennedy Center in tribute to 2018 NEA Jazz Master Dianne Reeves. 

  • Sullivan Fortner releases new double-album: 'Solo Game' / TheUrbanMusicScene
    Posted At: November 29, 2023 12:00 AM
    For the past decade, Sullivan Fortner has been stretching deep-rooted talents as a pianist, composer, band leader and uncompromising individualist. Accolades include the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship awarded by the American Pianists Association, Leonore Annenbergfor his collaborative work on The Window, alongside Cecile McLorin Salvant. As a solo leader, he has released Moments Preserved and Aria to critical ...
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  • Sullivan Fortner leads a sterling trio in a most emotional offering; Moments Preserved / SOUNDS OF TIMELESS JAZZ
    Posted At: December 5, 2018 12:00 AM

    Moments Preserved is Sullivan Fortner's follow up to his  Impulse! Records debut titled Aria. The pianist and composer returns leading a sterling trio with bassist Ameen Saleem and drummer Jeremy "Bean" Clemons and the great Roy Hargrove as guest  on trumpet and flugelhorn. The recording contains 12 songs that span from re-arranged television theme songs such as "Changing Keys" from The Whe...
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  • Sullivan Fortner has a gem of a new recording / jazz & blues report
    Posted At: October 16, 2018 12:00 AM

    Three years after the release of Sullivan Fortner's charming Impulse! Records debut, Aria , the 31-year-old New Orleans-bred pianist and composer returns with his enchanting sophomore effort, Moments Preserved , which finds him leading a sterling trio with bassist Ameen Saleem and drummer Jeremy "Bean" Clemons. Fortner's profile on the international jazz sc...
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  • Sullivan Fortner - Moments Preserved makes PUNTORADIO's ANIMAJAZZ
    Posted At: August 8, 2018 12:00 AM

    In episode 826 of "ANIMAJAZZ", conceived and conducted by BRUNO POLLACCI , aired THURSDAY August 9 at 19.30, on PUNTORADIO, also in streaming on www.puntoradio.fm and in immediate podcast on http: // animajazz. eu will be protagonists of the evening, in order. #6 on the playlist is 'Barbra's Strut' from SULLIVAN FORTNER - "Moments Preserved." Three years after the release of Sullivan For...
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  • Piano phenom Sullivan Fortner makes his vocal debut on WBGO: The Checkout
    Posted At: August 2, 2017 12:00 AM

    In jazz, where so much of the artistry rests on virtuosity and tradition, immense talent is sometimes hidden in plain sight. Such is the case of Sullivan Fortner, a New Orleans piano phenom who just recently decided to showcase his rare vocal ability on The Checkout. Those close to Fortner - like The Checkout's guest co-host, curator, and singer Michael Mwenso - knew Fortner's greatness far t...
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