Sonny Greer(1895-1982)

Actor
Music Department
Soundtrack

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Sonny Greer was born on 13 December 1895 in Long Branch, New Jersey, USA. He was an actor, known for Adventures in Jazz (1949), Jazz Party (1958) and Jam Session (1942). He died on 23 March 1982 in New York City, New York, USA.

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Known for

Adventures in Jazz

TV Series

Actor

Art Ford in Jazz Party (1958)

TV Series

Soundtrack("Indian Summer", "I Can't Get Started with You", "Mean to Me", "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Runnin' Wild", "Memphis Blues", "Somebody Loves Me", "Solitude", "St. James Infirmary", "Love Is Just Around the Corner")

Jam Session (1942)

6.5

Short

Soundtrack("C-Jam Blues")

1942

Credits

Actor

Adventures in Jazz
TV Series
- 1949
Check and Double Check
4.8
- Member, Cotton Club Orchestra (uncredited)
- 1930

Music Department

Paris Blues
6.7
- musician (uncredited)
- 1961
Check and Double Check
4.8
- musician: drums (uncredited)
- 1930

Soundtrack

Jazz Party
TV Series
- performer: "Indian Summer", "I Can't Get Started with You", "Mean to Me", "Jumpin' with Symphony Sid", "Stompin' at the Savoy", "Runnin' Wild", "Memphis Blues", "Somebody Loves Me", "Solitude", "St. James Infirmary", "Love Is Just Around the Corner"
- 1958
Jam Session
6.5
Short
- performer: "C-Jam Blues"
- 1942

Personal details

Born
- December 13, 1895
- Long Branch, New Jersey, USA
Died
- March 23, 1982
- New York City, New York, USA

Did you know

Trivia
Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume One, 1981-1985, pages 337-339. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1998.

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