Sullivan Fortner Trio

In the organizer's words:

You don't have to be born in New Orleans to be able to grasp and play jazz in its encyclopaedic breadth. However, it is probably helpful to grow up where jazz was born around 125 years ago and has shaped the lives of the people living there as a kind of mother tongue. In any case, Sullivan Fortner is the latest example of jazz made in New Orleans that is absolutely contemporary and at the same time deeply rooted in history.

The pianist has been known for some time, for example in his collaboration with singer Cécile McLorin Salvant, who has also performed twice at domicil.

In 2023, Fortner released "Solo Game", a solo album on which he juggles epochs, genres and various forms of jazz expression with virtuosity and ease. When Brad Mehldau heard him play solo in Amsterdam, he raved: "Incomparable. Touch, counterpoint, extreme relaxation, swing, transparency of ideas, a broad emotional spectrum including unrestrained joy.

After an incomparable solo concert in spring 2024, he is now back and for the first time with his own trio at domicil.