Summarize this content to 2000 words in 6 paragraphs in Arabic Unlock the Editor\u2019s Digest for freeRoula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.Pianist Sullivan Fortner\u2019s burgeoning reputation rests on the filigree accompaniment and show-stopping highlights that he provided, playing alongside such adventurous spirits as late trumpeter Roy Hargrove and vocalist C\u00e9cile McLorin Salvant. And it was his sparse lines and shaded voicings fitting so perfectly with Samara Joy\u2019s vocals that won their recent cover of Stevie Wonder\u2019s \u201cTwinkle Twinkle Little Me\u201d the award for Best Jazz Performance at this month\u2019s Grammys.Southern Nights, Fortner\u2019s fifth album as a leader, finds the New Orleans-raised pianist crafting disparate influences into a set laden with emotional warmth. Recorded in 2023, the unedited studio session captures a handpicked trio fresh from a week\u2019s residency at New York\u2019s Village Vanguard. Drummer Marcus Gilmore and the experienced Peter Washington on double bass are on song and the music is bold and free-flowing.The programme opens with Fortner shaping the sensuous contours of New Orleans rhythm into odd angles and intriguing shapes on a dazzling cover of Allen Toussaint\u2019s \u201cSouthern Nights\u201d. Here, Toussaint\u2019s winsome melody comes with shimmers of sound conjured from the piano\u2019s wires, and Fortner\u2019s melodic invention never lets up. A fast, swinging Cole Porter\u2019s \u201cI Love You\u201d comes next, its melody cohering suddenly out of a miasma of abstract solo piano. And then the album\u2019s only original, the short and spiky \u201c9 Bar Tune\u201d.\u00a0The album\u2019s ballad, written by mentor Bill Lee, gets to the essence of its title \u201cAgain, Never\u201d with sparse lines and a solo for double bass. In contrast, \u201cDiscovery\u201d, a piece by Lee\u2019s sister Consuela, has sharp edges, supple rhythms and hints of abstraction. The swaying rhythms of \u201cTres Palabras\u201d, famously sung by Nat King Cole, deliver a moody highlight mid set.Three compositions, referencing the leader\u2019s roots in small group modern jazz, showcase Fortner\u2019s all-round technique and creative grip. \u201cWaltz for Monk\u201d, by fellow pianist Donald Brown, mixes discordance with lilt, Clifford Brown\u2019s \u201cDaahoud\u201d opens with a feature for drums and \u201cOrgan Grinder\u201d by trumpeter Woody Shaw closes the set with a beguiling riff.\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2605\u2606\u2018Southern Nights\u2019 is released by Artwork Records<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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