Sonny Fortune
Sonny Fortune
Top Songs
| 1 | It's A Bird | ||
| 2 | Long Before Our Mothers Cried | ||
| 3 | It Ain't What It Was | ||
| 4 | Never Again Is Such A Long Time | ||
| 5 | A Swing Touch |
Albums
Dec 2013 • 6 songs
Apr 2013 • 5 songs
Feb 2011 • 7 songs
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About
Biography
Saxophonist, flutist, and multi-reed player Sonny Fortune was a progressive musician with a harmonically aggressive style who came to prominence as a member of trumpeter Miles Davis' fusion groups of the '70s. Born in Philadelphia in 1939, Fortune attended the Wurlitzer and Granoff music schools and performed with local R&B bands in his teens. Influenced early on by such players as Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins, and John Coltrane, Fortune was 18 before he decided to pursue a career in music exclusively. In 1967 he moved to New York City and quickly found work with several name...