Joe Bonner

Joe Bonner (April 20, 1948 – November 20, 2014) was a hard bop and modal jazz jazz pianist, influenced by McCoy Tyner and Art Tatum.^[1][2][3]

He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and studied at Virginia State College,^[4] but indicated that he learned more from musicians he worked with. In the seventies he played with Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and Billy Harper, among others.^[5]

Discography

As leader

• Triangle (Whynot, 1975)
• The Lifesaver (Muse, 1975)
• Angel Eyes (Muse 1976)
• Parade (SteepleChase, 1979)
• Impressions of Copenhagen (Theresa, 1981)
• Devotion (SteepleChase, 1983)
• Suburban Fantasies (SteepleChase, 1983) with Johnny Dyani
• Suite for Chocolate (SteepleChase, 1985) with Jesper Lundgaard
• New Life (SteepleChase, 1986)
• New Beginnings (Evidence, 1988)
• Wherebutterflies Play (Perea Productions, 1992)
• P.S. I Love You (Perea Productions, 2000)
• Monkisms (Capri, 2000)
• Lights Out (The Bonner Party, Akashic, 2001)
• Happy Talk (Perea Productions, 2002)
• Current Events (Cherry Sound, 2013)

As sideman

With Richard Davis

• Epistrophy & Now's the Time (Muse, 1972)

With Billy Harper

• Black Saint (Black Saint, 1975)

With Azar Lawrence

• Bridge into the New Age (Prestige, 1974)

With Pharoah Sanders

• Black Unity (Impulse!, 1971)
• Live at the East (Impulse!, 1972)
• Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!, 1973)
• Elevation (Impulse!, 1973)
• Love in Us All (Impulse!, 1972–73)
• Journey to the One (Theresa, 1980)
• Rejoice (Theresa, 1981)

With Woody Shaw

• Love Dance (Muse, 1975)

With Harold Vick

• Don't Look Back (Strata-East, 1974)

With The Visitors

• Motherland (Muse, 1975)

With Stephanie Hancock

• This Happy Madness (DaJazz, 2001)

References

External links

• The Bonner Party's site
• Artist direct