Classical Interludes: Carnegie Hall Citywide: Sullivan Fortner Trio

Sun, Dec 10 2023
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Central Library, Dweck Center

BPL Presents classical interludes live music

Sullivan Fortner Trio

  • Sullivan Fortner, Piano
  • Tyrone Allen, Bass
  • Kayvon Gordon, Drums

Hear one of today’s most exciting jazz pianists lead his trio in this free concert at the Brooklyn Public Library. Widely acclaimed by critics and top artists alike, Sullivan Fortner is an exceptionally inventive and responsive player renowned as a bandleader and composer; as an unforgettable soloist and collaborator with leaders such as Wynton Marsalis and John Scofield; and for his longstanding, Grammy Award–winning duo partnership with Cécile McLorin Salvant. In 2015, he was named the American Pianist Association’s Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz—an illustrious honor given only once every four years.

 

BPL Presents programs are made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

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Sullivan Fortner Trio

  • Sullivan Fortner, Piano
  • Tyrone Allen, Bass
  • Kayvon Gordon, Drums

Hear one of today’s most exciting jazz pianists lead his trio in this free concert at the Brooklyn Public Library. Widely acclaimed by critics and top artists alike, Sullivan Fortner is an exceptionally inventive and responsive player renowned as a bandleader and composer; as an unforgettable soloist and collaborator with leaders such as Wynton Marsalis and John Scofield; and for his longstanding, Grammy Award–winning duo partnership with Cécile McLorin Salvant. In 2015, he was named the American Pianist Association’s Cole Porter Fellow in Jazz—an illustrious honor given only once every four years.

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