He headlined the first Chicago Playboy Jazz Festival and was the featured jazz performer at the 1995 Atlanta Montreaux International Music Festival. He has been touring the U.S. consistently over the past few years. Fortune is still busy with live appearances, including the St. Lucia Festival and the Canadian jazz festivals. He also performed in a special trio with Reggie Workman and Rashied Ali at concerts in Philadelphia and Washington D.C. that were dedicated to John Coltrane, as well as being part of a special Elvin Jones ensemble performing in New York City in celebration of Elvin's 70th's birthday and performing with Elvin at the Playboy and JVC jazz festivals. The seeds for In the Spirit of John Coltrane , released on Shanachie in January 2000, were planted in 1959, when Sonny first heard Trane's album My Favorite Things .
Sonny blows with both.