Jonny Fair
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Jonny Fair is an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

/folk
Folk music
Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 singer, musician, actor and composer. Fair composed and performed the music and acted in the 2007 motion picture Gordon Glass starring Omar Benson Miller
Omar Benson Miller
Omar Benson Miller is an American actor.-Early life:Miller was raised in Long Beach and Anaheim, California, and graduated from San Jose State University.-Career:...

. Fair also acted as the sidewalk cafe Maitre D' in the opening sequence of the 2002 motion picture Collateral Damage starring Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American former professional bodybuilder, actor, businessman, investor, and politician. Schwarzenegger served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 until 2011....

  and as the post match reporter in the 2001 made for TV movie When Billie Beat Bobby starring Ron Silver
Ron Silver
Ronald Arthur "Ron" Silver was an American actor, director, producer, radio host and political activist.-Early life:...

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Performing and recording with his band The Xtrordinaires as the lead vocalist, chromatic harmonica player and band leader in a style of music that Fair calls Southern Swing, Jules Fox, author of the NY Times Best Seller The Melody Lingers On... Scenes From The Golden Era Of West Coast Jazz compares Fair to friends and clients Nat King Cole, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Washington, Sarah Vaughan, Sammy Davis Jr., Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Billy Eckstine, Dorothy Dandridge, Tommy Dorsey and Perry Como in terms of sheer talent writing, I've seen many, many stars born and 'The Sender of Song' Jonny Fair, Mr. Xtrordinaire is without a doubt destined for greatness. Born in Thayer
Thayer
-Surname:* Abbott Handerson Thayer , American artist* Adin Thayer , New York politician* Alexander Wheelock Thayer , author of The life of Ludwig van Beethoven, a standard biography, and other music biographies...

, Missouri
Missouri
Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It...

, Fair records for Blue Tone Records, the jazz subsidiary label of Arlington Records.

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