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Der mit einem GRAMMY ausgezeichnete Pianist Sullivan Fortner veröffentlichte Aria (2015), Moments Preserved (2018), Solo Game (2024), das eine GRAMMY-Nominierung erhielt, sowie Southern Nights (2025), das Fortner auf das Februar-Cover des DownBeat brachte und 2026 für einen Grammy nominiert ist. Als Preisträger des Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award 2026 und Gewinner der DownBeat Critics Poll 2024 in der Kategorie Rising Star Jazz Group: Sullivan Fortner Trio arbeitete der aus New Orleans stammende Musiker mit Wynton Marsalis, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Paul Simon, Diane Reeves, Etienne Charles, John Scofield, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stefon Harris, Kassa Overall, Tivon Pennicott, Peter Bernstein, Nicholas Payton, Billy Hart, Gary Bartz, Chief Adjuah und Roy Hargrove zusammen. Weitere Auszeichnungen umfassen die Cole Porter Fellowship der American Pianists Association, die Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship, den Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, den Shifting Foundation Grant sowie den Western Jazz Presenters Grant.

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GRAMMY-Award-winning pianist Sullivan Fortner has issued Aria (2015), Moments Preserved (2018), Solo Game (2024), which earned a GRAMMY nomination, and Southern Nights (2025), which landed Fortner on the February cover of DownBeat and is nominated for a Grammy in 2026. Recipient of the 2026 Larry J. Bell Jazz Artist Award and winner of the 2024 DownBeat Critics Poll for Rising Star Jazz Group: Sullivan Fortner Trio, the New Orleans native has worked with Wynton Marsalis, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Paul Simon, Diane Reeves, Etienne Charles, John Scofield, Ambrose Akinmusire, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Stefon Harris, Kassa Overall, Tivon Pennicott, Peter Bernstein, Nicholas Payton, Billy Hart, Gary Bartz, Chief Adjuah and Roy Hargrove. Further accolades include the American Pianists Association’s Cole Porter Fellowship, Leonore Annenberg Arts Fellowship, the Lincoln Center Award for Emerging Artists, the Shifting Foundation Grant and the Western Jazz Presenters Grant.