Bonnie Wetzel

{{short description|American jazz musician}}

'''Bonnie Jean Addleman''', later '''Bonnie Wetzel''' (May 15, 1926, [[Vancouver, Washington]] - February 12, 1965) was an American [[jazz]] [[double-bass]]ist.

Wetzel learned violin as a child, and was an [[autodidact]] on bass. She played with [[Ada Leonard]] in an all-female ensemble, and soon after worked in a trio with [[Marian Grange]]. She married trumpeter [[Ray Wetzel]] in 1949, and the pair worked in the [[Tommy Dorsey]] Orchestra in 1951.

She played in [[Beryl Booker]]'s trio with [[Elaine Leighton]] in 1953; this ensemble toured Europe in 1953–54, and recorded for [[Discovery Records]]. She also played with [[Herb Ellis]], [[Charlie Shavers]], [[Roy Eldridge]], and [[Don Byas]]. Later in the 1950s she freelanced in [[New York City]].

She died on February 12, 1965, at the age of 38.

==References== *[{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p137332/biography|pure_url=yes}} Bonnie Wetzel] at [[Allmusic]]

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