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Bess Bonnier

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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. Miss Bonnier has found her own success in the Motor City with a wide array of activities that has made her name synonymous with fine jazz piano. Detroit-born, Miss Bonnier (pronounced BONN-yer) came of age in the same 1950's Detroit that produced a veritable "Who's Who of Jazz," including Harris, Flanagan, the Jones brothers, Sir Roland Hanna, and so many others

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Two Losses to Detroit Jazz: Bess Bonnier and Brad Felt

One of the great and unusual combinations of jazz voices hereabouts was the big-horn/little- horn thing that Steve Wood|| and {{Brad Felt had going at least since the '80s, with Steve on sax (especially the relatively small soprano) and Brad on tuba or euphonium, romping through tunes like “Second Balcony Jump," a Jerry Valentine composition from ...

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Grosse Pointe resident Bess Bonnier, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

Grosse Pointe resident Bess Bonnier, 83, died Thursday, Oct. 6, 2011.

Bess Bonnier began playing piano at an early age, taking her first professional job with a big band at 13. She joined the Detroit Federation of Musicians in 1946. Her career spanned more than six decades and included regular appearances with Jack Brokensha at his club in Detroit's New Center area, and at countless other clubs ...


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