Joe Bonner

Joe Bonner (born April 20, 1948) is 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 indicates he learned more by musicians he worked with. In the seventies he played with Roy Haynes, Freddie Hubbard, Woody Shaw and Billy Harper, among others.

As leader

 * Triangle (Whynot Records, 1975)
 * The Lifesaver (Muse Records, 1975)
 * Angel Eyes (Muse Records, 1976)
 * Parade (SteepleChase Records, 1979)
 * Impressions of Copenhagen (Theresa Records, 1981)
 * Devotion (SteepleChase, 1983)
 * Suburban Fantasies (SteepleChase, 1983)
 * Suite for Chocolate (SteepleChase, 1985) with Jesper Lundgaard
 * New Life (SteepleChase, 1986)
 * New Beginnings (Evidence, 1988)
 * Monkisms (Capri, 2000)
 * Lights Out (The Bonner Party, Akashic Records, 2001)

As sideman
With Billy Harper With Azar Lawrence With Pharoah Sanders With The Visitors
 * Black Saint (Black Saint, 1975)
 * Bridge into the New Age (Prestige, 1974)
 * Black Unity (Impulse!, 1971)
 * Village of the Pharoahs (Impulse!, 1973)
 * Elevation (Impulse!, 1973)
 * Love in Us All (Impulse!, 1972-73)
 * Motherland (Muse Records, 1975)