Bess Bonnier - Detroit Jazz Pianist and Composer
Bess Bonnier (born in Detroit; died 6 October in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) was an American jazz pianist, composer and music educator. [1] Bonnier, who was blind from birth, had classical piano lessons as a child. About the Artists - Bess Bonnier
Biography One of the most important jazz musicians in Detroit, Bess Bonnier is one of the Detroit jazz artists who chose to stay at home. Some of her contemporary jazz friends - Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Thad Jones and Sir Roland Hanna - left Detroit and found success in the wider world of jazz. Bess Bonnier - Wikipedia
Bonnier, who earned her bachelor's degree in English and music from Detroit's Wayne State University, first gained a measure of national attention in the late s when Argo Records released her first album Theme for the Tall One.
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Detroit's renowned Jazz pianist Bess Bonnier brings you new CD releases, SUITE WILLIAM with lyrics by William Shakespheare and music by Bess, and her highly acclaimed LOVE NOTES album with more original works!.
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Since , Miss Bonnier, who has been called a "great jazz pianist" by Leonard Feather and a "jazz player of great feeling" by Ira Gitler, has been the regular solo pianist in the Detroit Institute of Art's Crystal Gallery (a re- creation of New York's Plaza Hotel Palm Court) each Sunday afternoon. Bess Bonnier: American musician and pianist (1928 - 2011 ...
BONNIER BESS Jazz Pianist, 83, died Thursday, October 6, , at her home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Toula Dirksen, Loretta Anawalt and Paula. Bess Bonnier Albums: songs, discography, biography, and ...
Suite William is Bonnier's fifth recording; earlier releases include Theme for a Tall One (Argo Records, ), The 26th Floor(MBS Records, ), Duet to Quartet(Noteworks Records, ), Bess Bonnier and Other Jazz Birds (Noteworks Records, ), and Love Notes (Noteworks Records, ). Bonnier also has been featured on several other jazz. Bess Bonnier - About the Artists: Bess
Bess Bonnier: bess@ An Interview with Bess Bonnier SEMJA Update - Dec 97 (Southeast Michigan Jazz Association) by Michael G. Nastos Bess Bonnier is known throughout the metro Detroit area as one of the premier jazz players over the past five decades. Internationally she's not that big a deal, doesn't really want to be. Bonnier, who was blind from birth, had classical piano lessons as a child. Bess Bonnier (born in Detroit; died 6 October 2011 in Grosse Pointe, Michigan) was an American jazz pianist, composer and music educator. [1] Life and work.
Bonnier, who earned her bachelor's degree in English and music from Detroit's Wayne State University, first gained a measure of national attention in the late. About the Artists: Bess Bonnier - Piano: bess@bessbonnier.com Biography. One of the most important jazz musicians in Detroit, Bess Bonnier is one of the Detroit jazz artists who chose to stay at home. Some of her contemporary jazz friends - Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Thad Jones and Sir Roland Hanna - left Detroit and found succe.
BESS BONNIER Obituary (2011) - Detroit, MI - The Detroit News Suite William is Bonnier's fifth recording; earlier releases include Theme for a Tall One (Argo Records, 1958), The 26th Floor(MBS Records, 1974), Duet to Quartet(Noteworks Records, 1982), Bess Bonnier and Other Jazz Birds (Noteworks Records, 1985), and Love Notes (Noteworks Records, 1997). Bonnier also has been featured on several other jazz.Bess Bonnier - About the Artists Bess Bonnier. May 26, 1928 – October 6, 2011 A Life Well Played. Bess Bonnier, 83, died Thursday, October 6, 2011 at her home in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Toula Dirksen, Loretta Anawalt and Paula Anawalt; and by her daughter-in-law, Lynette (Tosetti) Makres.Bess Bonnier Musician - All About Jazz Bonnier presented a series of albums under her own name; in 1958 her debut album appeared on the Chicago label Argo. [2] Her other albums include Suite William (1999), a jazz cantata with texts by William Shakespeare, and Bess Bonnier and Other Jazz Birds (1985), in which she played with guest musicians including Roland Hanna and Pepper Adams.