Sullivan Fortner Kalamazoo Tickets - Chenery Auditorium

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Cécile McLorin Salvant

19 concerts

Cécile McLorin Salvant is a classically trained singer-composer rooted in jazz, blues and folk. A 2020 MacArthur Fellow and three-time Grammy winner, she interprets jazz standards and originals. Her Nonesuch albums Ghost Song and Mélusine earned Grammy nominations.

Sullivan Fortner

2 concerts

New Orleans-born, NYC-based pianist and composer Sullivan Fortner is an award-winning post-bop jazz artist. He won the 2015 Cole Porter Fellowship in Jazz and debuted on Impulse! with Aria, later releasing Moments Preserved and Solo Game.

Ambrose Akinmusire

3 concerts

Oakland-born trumpeter and bandleader Ambrose Akinmusire blends post-bop, ballads, free jazz and funk. Blue Note debut When the Heart Emerges Glistening followed Prelude to Cora; won the 2007 Monk Competition and Carmine Caruso award.