Joe Fonda
Joe Fonda (born December 16, 1954 in Amsterdam / New York ) is an American jazz bassist.
Live and act
Fonda, who comes from a family of musicians, initially played the guitar and studied bass at the Berklee School of Music in the early 1970s . After completing his training, he released his first album as the band leader Looking for the Lake .
In the 1980s he performed in the New Haven region and was (1982-85) as a bass player and dancer with the Sonomama Dance Company . In 1983 he recorded the album Procession of the Great Ancestry with Wadada Leo Smith , whose Creative Musicians' Improvisers Forum and Orchestra he was a member from 1979 to 1985.
From 1984 to 1999 Fonda was a member of various Anthony Braxton bands . From 1994 to 1999 he was on the board (since 1997 chairman) of the Tri-Centric Foundation and a member of the Tri-Centric Orchestra led by Braxton . He also played bass at the premiere of Braxton's opera Shalla Fears for the Poor in New York in 1996.
With Michael Jefry Stevens , Fonda led the Fonda Stevens Group from 1992 , a quartet or quintet formation, which, expanded by the dancer Brenda Bufolino and the singer Vicki Dodd, recorded the album From the Source . He also led his own quintet, the collaborative quartet Conference Call (with Gebhard Ullmann , Michael Jefry Stevens and changing drummers, including Han Bennink , from 1999) and performed in a duo with the Guzheng player Xu Fengxia . He founded the FAB Trio with Barry Altschul and Billy Bang . In Germany, Fonda also plays with Patrick Bebelaar and Herbert Joos .
As a sideman, Fonda u. a. with Archie Shepp , Ken McIntyre , Lou Donaldson , Bill and Kenny Barron , Perry Robinson , Dave Douglas , Curtis Fuller , Mark Whitecage , Marion Brown and Bill Dixon .
Discography selection
- Looking for the Lake with Cliff White , Tim Moran , Claire Arenius , 1980
- The Wish with Laura Arbuckle , Herb Robertson , Mark Whitecage , Michael Jefry Stevens , Harvey Sorgen , 1993–95
- What We're Hearing with Carlo Morena , Jeff Hirshfield , 1994
- Parallel Lines with Herb Robertson, Mark Whitecage, Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorgen, 1994–95
- 10 Compositions (Duet) 1995 with Anthony Braxton
- From the Source with Anthony Braxton, Herb Robertson, Vickie Dodd , Brenda Bufalino, Grisha Alexiev , 1996
- Live from Brugge with Michael Jefry Stevens, Herb Robertson, Mark Whitecage, Harvey Worries, 1997
- Evolution with Michael Jefry Stevens, Herb Robertson, Mark Whitecage, Harvey Worries, 1997
- Songs of Nature and Love with Mike Heffley , Pheeroan akLaff , 1997-2000
- Re: Guarding 1: Collaborations with Dead and Living Males and Females from Different Gene Pools with Mike Heffley , Royal Hartigan , 1998
- Full Circle Suite with Gebhard Ullmann, Chris Jonas , Taylor Ho Bynum , Kevin Norton , 1999
- When It's Time , solo album, 1999
- Distance with Xu Fengxia, 1999
- Bottoms Out with Kevin Norton, Michael Jefry Stevens, Mark Whitecage, David Bindman , David Schumacher , Robert DeBellis , Sam Furnace , Steve Swell , Jim Leff , 1999
- Live at the Bunker with Paul Smoker , Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorge, 2000
- Step-In with Carlo Morena , Jeff Hirshfield , 2000
- The Healing with Herb Robertson , Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorge, 2000
- Blisters with Gilbert Isbin , 2001
- ... at any other time with Nicole Metzger , Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorge, 2001
- Heat Suite in Four Parts with Joe McPhee , Cliff White , Ben Karetnick , 2002
- Twelve Improvisations with Herb Robertson, Daunik Lazro , Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorge, 2002
- When the Lost Becomes Found with Jimmy Williams , Herb Robertson, Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorge, 2002
- Transforming the Space with Barry Altschul, Billy Bang, 2003
- Live at Alte Paketpost with Herb Robertson, Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Sorge, 2003
- Separate realities with André Goudbeek , Xu Fengxia , 2004
- Forever Real with Herb Robertson, Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Worries, Napoleon Maddox , 2004
- Live at Iron Works, Vancouver, BC with Billy Bang, Barry Altschul, 2004
- Cup of Joe, No Bull with Katie Bull , 2004
- Loaded Basses with Claire Daly , Joe Daley , Gebhard Ullmann, Michael Rabinowitz , Gerry Hemingway , 2005
- Silent Cascade with Bruno Angelini , Ramón López , 2005
- Trio with Michael Jefry Stevens, Harvey Worries, 2006
- Live at the Gulbenkian Jazz Em Agosto Festival August 2007 with Claire Daly, Gebhard Ullmann, Michael Rabinowitz, Joe Daley, Gerry Hemingway
- The Four O'Clock Session with Mike Rabinowitz, Patrick Bebelaar , dml-records
- Between Shadows and Light with Herbert Joos, Patrick Bebelaar, Double Moon Records
- Satoko Fujii / Joe Fonda: Duet (Long Song Records, 2016)
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Fonda, Joe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American jazz bassist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam (city, New York) |