Sullivan Fortner Trio
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Grammy-winning pianist returns with his trio. 'One of the best pianists in the world today.' Fred Hersch
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For more than a decade, Sullivan Fortner has been developing into an uncompromising voice of his own as a pianist, composer and band leader. The Grammy winner and recipient of the Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award 2026 receives international praise, both as a leader and sideman. In 2025 he won the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance for his play on Samara Joy's Twinkle Twinkle Little Me, and in 2019 that for Best Jazz Vocal Album with Cécile McLorin Salvant, for her acclaimed The Window, on which he both plays and produces. As a solo artist, he released Aria, Moments Preserved, Solo Game and Southern Nights, which brought him to the cover of DownBeat, and worked with a variety of voices such as Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Dianne Reeves, John Scofield and Roy Hargrove.
Now he presents Leave That In There, his sixth album and so far his most personal. On the record, produced by Derrick Hodge, he interweaves memories of his childhood in New Orleans with references to earlier work; the music moves from acoustic trio interplay to Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers, marimba, Bàtá drums and free improvisation. It is the first studio recording with his regular trio, with Tyrone Allen II (double bass) and Kayvon Gordon (drums), to win the DownBeat Critics Poll for Rising Star Jazz Group in 2024. That same trio was already with us in 2025, then in front of a sold-out hall, and is now returning.
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Sullivan Fortner piano, Tyrone Allen II double bass, Kayvon Gordon drums
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For more than a decade, Sullivan Fortner has been developing into an uncompromising voice of his own as a pianist, composer and band leader. The Grammy winner and recipient of the Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award 2026 receives international praise, both as a leader and sideman. In 2025 he won the Grammy for Best Jazz Performance for his play on Samara Joy's Twinkle Twinkle Little Me, and in 2019 that for Best Jazz Vocal Album with Cécile McLorin Salvant, for her acclaimed The Window, on which he both plays and produces. As a solo artist, he released Aria, Moments Preserved, Solo Game and Southern Nights, which brought him to the cover of DownBeat, and worked with a variety of voices such as Wynton Marsalis, Paul Simon, Dianne Reeves, John Scofield and Roy Hargrove.
Now he presents Leave That In There, his sixth album and so far his most personal. On the record, produced by Derrick Hodge, he interweaves memories of his childhood in New Orleans with references to earlier work; the music moves from acoustic trio interplay to Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers, marimba, Bàtá drums and free improvisation. It is the first studio recording with his regular trio, with Tyrone Allen II (double bass) and Kayvon Gordon (drums), to win the DownBeat Critics Poll for Rising Star Jazz Group in 2024. That same trio was already with us in 2025, then in front of a sold-out hall, and is now returning.
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Sullivan Fortner piano, Tyrone Allen II double bass, Kayvon Gordon drums
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