Joe Bonner (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 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.
With Richard Davis
With Billy Harper
With Azar Lawrence
With Pharoah Sanders
With Woody Shaw
With Harold Vick
With The Visitors
With Stephanie Hancock