I Mean You

Sullivan Fortner · 2015 · Cover featured on Aria (Impulse!, 2015).

Context

Composition by Thelonious Monk, covered as the fourth track of Aria, Sullivan Fortner's first album as a leader, released by Impulse! in 2015. DownBeat gave the record four stars. The All About Jazz review hears in it an exercise in balance between consonance and dissonance within reinterpretations of standards and songwriters' repertoire.

In the genealogy of jazz

This track belongs to Neoclassicism, Young Lions. Among the origins and influences of Neoclassicism, Young Lions: Hard bop, Modal.

By the same artist

• Sugarcane (2026)
• Aerobatics Pt. 1 (2026)

Sources

• allaboutjazz.com
• EN: Sullivan Fortner

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