Sean Sullivan

Sean Sullivan

Saturday, February 28 · Doors 8:15 PM / Show 8:30 PM at Rockwood Music Hall Stage 3

Singer, songwriter, guitarist, and southern-born native New Yorker, Sean Sullivan’s style is derived from a wide swath of the musical landscape, including jazz, standards, blues, soul, bossa nova, and americana. According to Sullivan, "the intellect is only a tool to serve the higher intelligence of the human spirit”, and it is this philosophy that propels his latest soulful release, HEREAFTER, a more contemporary outing than 2010’s SQUARE ONE, whose straight-ahead mix of standards and originals featured tenor sax great David “Fathead” Newman.

Helmed by veteran producer Matt Pierson and supported by a host of consummate musicians, HEREAFTER contains eight originals and four covers infused with a bluesy, earthy vibe that alternately soothes and sermonizes. Cover­‐wise, inventive ballad versions of Bob Marley’s “Waiting in Vain” and Stevie Wonder’s “Until You Come Back To Me” are standouts, as well as knowing nods to Michael Franks’ “Jive” and mentor Jon Hendricks’ comic ode to oenophiles “Gimme That Wine”.

Favorable reviews and features for HEREAFTER in print, radio and television thus far have included an interview/performance on NPR's Song Travels with Michael Feinstein, CBS' Last.FM, JazzTimes, Jazziz, USATODAY, Yahoo!Music, Relix, BloombergTV, Utne Reader, Guitar World, Elmore Magazine etc. and media comparisons with artists like Boz Scaggs, Al Jarreau, Jon Hendricks, James Taylor, Gregory Porter, Eric Clapton, Amos Lee, Ray Lamontagne, Cassandra Wilson, Cecile McLorin Salvant, and one song, amusingly, like "a subdued James Brown”.

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