Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner will perform at Highfield Hall, on Sunday, September 7, from 4 to 6 PM.

Fortner is a highly acclaimed musician and a widely sought-after improviser. His music embodies the essence of blues and jazz as he combines music of all eras and genres through his improvisation. His artistry preserves the tradition and evolves the sound, as he seeks connections among different musical styles that are at once deeply soulful and wildly inventive. Playing solo or leading an orchestra, Fortner engages harmony and rhythmic ideas through curiosity and clarity.

He has performed across the country and throughout the world at such cultural institutions as the New Orleans Center for the Creative Arts, Sweet Lorraine’s and The Jazz Playhouse in New Orleans, a

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