Joe Bonner
Joe Bonner (born April 20, 1948 – November 20, 2014) was a hard bop and modal jazz jazz pianist, influenced by McCoy Tyner and Art Tatum.
He was born in Rocky Mount, North Carolina and studied at Virginia State College, but has indicated 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.
Discography
As leader
'Joe Bonner' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Page Miss Glory (1935)
Actors: Oscar Apfel (actor), Mark Asher (actor), Irving Bacon (actor), Harry Beresford (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Glen Boles (actor), Don Brodie (actor), Rudolph Cameron (actor), Hobart Cavanaugh (actor), Joseph Cawthorn (actor), Berton Churchill (actor), E.E. Clive (actor), Albert Conti (actor), Edward Cooper (actor), Ernie Alexander (actor),
Plot: Loretta Dalrymple, a homely young country girl comes to New York City and gets a job as a chambermaid in a large hotel. She meets Ed Olson, a photographer out of work, and Dan Riley, a promoter with nothing to promote. When an advertiser offers a reward for a photograph of 'America's Prettiest Girl,", Ed makes a composite photo of all the famous movie stars and society belles and calls the girl in his picture "Dawn Glory." A Dawn-Glory craze sweeps the country, and Loretta, with makeup and new clothes, turns out to be the reincarnation of the picture. Loretta has fallen in love with a newspaper picture of "Bingo" Russell, a famous aviator, and when Dan and Ed ask her to pose as Dawn Glory, she readily agrees, hoping she will get to meet Russell. She does meet him and, then, complications arise.
Keywords: 1930s, advertising, alaska, archive-footage, aviation, aviator, based-on-play, beauty-salon, bellhop, board-meetingGenres: Comedy, Music, Romance,
Taglines: AN ALL-STAR CAST in an ALL-STAR COMEDY RIOT! (original poster) A Scinillating Frolic, Superb in Story and Romance (original ad)
Quotes:
Grend Central Terminal barker: [First Lines] "Mohawk local arrival on plat 28. From Ipswich Falls, Waterbury, Watertown, Waterville, Elmira, Broken Arrow, Minnetonka, Harkensville, Dobbs Corner, New Paradise, and Red Hook.Loretta Dalrymple, aka Miss Dawn Glory: [Last Lines] [said while the plane they are in is doing loops] Now, loop me, Bingo!::Bingo Nelson: Hold on, honey.::Loretta Dalrymple, aka Miss Dawn Glory: Ooh! I've found my dream man and I've never been so h-h-happy in all my life.
Bonner, Joe Filmography
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2009, role: actor
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2009, role: actor
Bonner, Joe Filmography
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1927, role: actor , character name: Butler
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1927, role: actor
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1927, role: actor
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1927, role: actor , character name: The Rounder
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1926, role: actor
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1926, role: actor
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1926, role: actor
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1925, role: actor
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1925, role: actor , character name: The Sheriff
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1925, role: actor
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1925, role: actor , character name: Count Six
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1924, role: actor , character name: Monocled Englishman
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1924, role: actor
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1924, role: actor , character name: Mickey
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1924, role: actor
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1924, role: actor
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1924, role: actor
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1924, role: actor
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1923, role: actor
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1923, role: actor
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1923, role: actor
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1923, role: actor
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1923, role: actor
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1923, role: actor , character name: Tony Guasti - the Italian
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1923, role: actor
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1922, role: actor , character name: Manuel Sánchez
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1922, role: actor
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1922, role: actor , character name: Fred Jackson
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1922, role: actor
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1922, role: actor
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1920, role: actor , character name: Mr. Smith
Famous quotes by Joe Bonner:
Joe Bonner
ALBUMS
- The Art of Jazz Piano released: 2001
Born: 1948-04-20
Died: 2014-11-20
