Sullivan Fortner

Jazz

The next Sullivan Fortner concert is scheduled for Friday, July 11, 2025 at Rotterdam Ahoy - RTM Stage in Rotterdam, Netherlands. See all 11 upcoming concerts

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Top Songs By Sullivan Fortner

Again, NeverSullivan Fortner

Listen to In a Sentimental Mood by Sullivan Fortner, see lyrics, music video & more!

In a Sentimental MoodSullivan Fortner

Listen to A Wish (Valentine) [feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant] by Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner, see lyrics, music video & more!

A Wish (Valentine) [feat. Cécile McLorin Salvant]Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner

Listen to When I’m Sixty-Four by Sullivan Fortner, see lyrics, music video & more!

When I’m Sixty-FourSullivan Fortner

Listen to Do You Remember This? (feat. Sullivan Fortner) by The Baylor Project, see lyrics, music video & more!

Do You Remember This? (feat. Sullivan Fortner)The Baylor Project

What You Won't Do for Love (feat. Sullivan Fortner, Ameen Saleem, Louis Fouche, Jonathan Powell, Jeremy Bean Clemmons & Riley Mulherkar)Lauren Henderson

Listen to I Fall in Love Too Easily (feat. Sullivan Fortner, Matt Brewer & Obed Calvaire) by Mike Moreno, see lyrics, music video & more!

I Fall in Love Too Easily (feat. Sullivan Fortner, Matt Brewer & Obed Calvaire)Mike Moreno

InvitationSullivan Fortner

Listen to You Are Special by Sullivan Fortner, see lyrics, music video & more!

You Are SpecialSullivan Fortner

Don't You Worry About a ThingSullivan Fortner

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Latest Release

ALBUMSouthern NightsSullivan Fortner

More albums from Sullivan Fortner

Listen to Wildflowers, Vol.1 by Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner

ALBUMWildflowers, Vol.1Kurt Elling & Sullivan Fortner

ALBUMSolo GameSullivan Fortner

Listen to Tea for Two by Sullivan Fortner & Kyle Athayde

ALBUMTea for TwoSullivan Fortner & Kyle Athayde

Listen to Lined with a Groove by Pete Coco, Matt Wilson & Sullivan Fortner

ALBUMLined with a GroovePete Coco, Matt Wilson & Sullivan Fortner

Listen to Moments Preserved by Sullivan Fortner

ALBUMMoments PreservedSullivan Fortner

ALBUMAriaSullivan Fortner

About Sullivan Fortner

Hometown

New Orleans, LA, United States

Born

December 29, 1986

Genre

Jazz

New Orleans-born pianist Sullivan Fortner is an adept, award-winning jazz musician and composer with a bent toward sophisticated post-bop. Fortner has, since 2011, built an impressive list of credits, performing and/or recording with vibraphonist Stefon Harris, vocalist Theo Croker, and saxophonist Donald Harrison; he spent seven years with trumpeter Roy Hargrove. In 2015, he won the American Pianists Association Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz, and released his acclaimed Impulse! debut, Aria. Hargrove joined him on 2018's Moments Preserved. The following year, he joined guitarist Lage Lund's quartet for Terrible Animals. Recorded in 2020 but unreleased until 2023's It's the Nights I Like, it was a duo set with bassist Rufus Reid cut three years prior. In 2024, Fortner and vocalist Kurt Elling collaborated on the intimate Wildflowers, Vol. 1. Southern Nights, recorded live at the Village Vanguard with bassist Peter Washington and drummer Marcus Gilmore, appeared in 2025.