Sullivan Fortner Trio - LIVE STREAMED at Smoke Jazz & Supper Club

Sullivan Fortner (piano) TBA (bass) TBA (drums) Sullivan Fortner leads a trio in two nights of livestreaming concerts. For the past decade, the Grammy Award-winning artist has been stretching his deep-rooted talents seeking connections among different musical styles that are at once deeply soulful and wildly inventive. The New York Times says, Sullivan Fortner, a pianist born in New Orleans, has an extravagant amount of talent and a hyperactive flow on the keyboard. He mixes chords and crossing patterns and two-handed unison lines, all at a rapid clip. Sometimes hell play with both hands right around the center of the instrument, but youll swear that hes using every key. At other times, he really is....

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Sullivan Fortner (piano) TBA (bass) TBA (drums) Sullivan Fortner leads a trio in two nights of livestreaming concerts. For the past decade, the Grammy Award-winning artist has been stretching his deep-rooted talents seeking connections among different musical styles that are at once deeply soulful and wildly inventive. The New York Times says, Sullivan Fortner, a pianist born in New Orleans, has an extravagant amount of talent and a hyperactive flow on the keyboard. He mixes chords and crossing patterns and two-handed unison lines, all at a rapid clip. Sometimes hell play with both hands right around the center of the instrument, but youll swear that hes using every key. At other times, he really is.
“Fortner’s remarkable accompaniment helps to bring the song from a dreamlike hush to a dramatic, impressionistic instrumental peak and back.”– Rolling Stone

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