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Sullivan Fortner: Nothing's Ever Finished

by Andrew Schinder
July 9, 2026

Modern jazz musicians are often faced with the impossible, and frankly unfair, task of honoring the music's history and traditions while adding modern elements and contemporary facets to make a 125-year-old musical genre sound fresh. This burden falls even more acutely on musicians hailing from, or who are particularly associated with, the City of New Orleans. ...

Article: Album Review

Sullivan Fortner: Solo Game

Read "Solo Game" reviewed by Angelo Leonardi

by Angelo Leonardi
January 15, 2024

Partner preferito di Cécile McLorin Salvant, con cui ha inciso tre dischi, Sullivan Fortner è tra i pianisti più autorevoli della sua generazione. Le doti evidenti sono il magistero tecnico, la ricercatezza stilistica e l'equilibrio che pone tra rispetto della tradizione e ricerca personale. Nel suo percorso professionale di oltre quindici anni ha inciso ...

Article: Album Review

Sullivan Fortner: Solo Game

Read "Solo Game" reviewed by Mike Jurkovic

by Mike Jurkovic
January 6, 2024

Mentored by Fred Hersch and Jason Moran, and produced by Hersch, Solo Game puts pianist Sullivan Fortner in a really good place. That is before the music even starts. Then it does start with a sly and subdued solo on Stevie Wonder's buoyant 1973 top tenner, “Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing," while dropping subtle hints ...

Album

Solo Game

By Sullivan Fortner

Label: Artwork
Released: 2023
Track listing:
CD 1:
Don't You Worry About a Thing; I Didn't Know What Time It Was; Congolese Children; I'm All Smiles; Invitation; Once I Loved; Cute; This Is New; Come Sunday.
CD 2:
Power Mode; It's a Game; Snakes and Ladders; Hounds and Jackal; King's Table; Stag; Cross and Circle; Space Walk; Valse Du Petit Chien; Fred Hersch, Notes on Solo; Jason Moran, Notes on Game.