{"id":14558,"date":"2026-08-10T12:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/08\/10\/for-this-record-i-took-an-edible-and-said-screw-it-jazz-pianist-sullivan-fortner-on-confronting-the-trauma-of-hurricane-katrina-culture-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:33:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:33:53","slug":"for-this-record-i-took-an-edible-and-said-screw-it-jazz-pianist-sullivan-fortner-on-confronting-the-trauma-of-hurricane-katrina-culture-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culturalleft.org\/cl\/2026\/08\/10\/for-this-record-i-took-an-edible-and-said-screw-it-jazz-pianist-sullivan-fortner-on-confronting-the-trauma-of-hurricane-katrina-culture-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018For this record, I took an edible and said, screw it\u2019: jazz pianist Sullivan Fortner on confronting the trauma of Hurricane Katrina Culture | The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Orleans native is a three-time Grammy winner at the top of his game \u2013 and is now using his instinctive style to celebrate the resilience and clarity of Katrina survivors<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Black music is forward <em>and<\/em> upward in movement, you know? Never forward <em>or <\/em>upward,\u201d pianist Sullivan Fortner declares. \u201cIt\u2019s a tornado that\u2019s always getting bigger and moving faster,\u201d he adds, whizzing his fingers around with delight.<\/p>\n<p>On a video call between sets at Rotterdam\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2026\/jul\/03\/50-years-north-sea-jazz-festival-ray-charles-etta-james-herbie-hancock-miles-davis\">North Sea jazz festival<\/a>, the 39-year-old speaks like he plays, with quirkiness, subtlety and mischief. 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