With Thomas Heberer Composer Trumpet player, from Germany

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Joe Fonda is a composer, bassist, recording artist, interdisciplinary performer, producer, and educator.

An accomplished international jazz artist, Fonda has performed with his own ensembles throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. He has collaborated and performed with such artists as Anthony Braxton, Archie Shepp, Ken McIntyre, Lou Donaldson, Bill and Kenny Barron, Leo Smith, Perry Robinson, Dave Douglas, Curtis Fuller, Bill Dixon, Han Bennink, Bobby Naughton, Xu Fengia, Randy Weston, Gebhard Ullmann, Carla Bley, Carlo Zingaro, Barry Altschul, and Billy Bang.

Fonda was the bassist with the renowned Anthony Braxton sextet, octet, and tentet from 1984 through 1999. Fonda also sat on the Board of Directors from 1994 to 1999 and was the President from 1997 to 1999 of the newly formed Tri-Centric Foundation. He has also performed with the 38-piece Tri-Centric Orchestra under the direction of Anthony Braxton and was the bassist for the premiere performance of Anthony Braxton’s opera Shalla Fears for the Poor, performed at the John Jay Theater in New York, New York, October 1996.

As a composer, Fonda has been the recipient of numerous grants and commissions from Meet the Composer New York and the New England Foundation on the Arts. He has released twelve recordings under his own name. (Reviews and recordings available.) Fonda was also a member of The Creative Musicians Improvisors Forum, directed by Leo Smith, and was the bassist with the American Tap Dance Orchestra in New York City, directed by world-renowned tap dancer Brenda Bufalino.

In 1989, Fonda performed with Fred Ho’s jazz and Peking opera in its world premiere at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. From 1982 to 1986, Fonda was the bassist and dancer with the Sonomama Dance Company. An independent producer since 1978, Fonda is the founding director of Kaleidoscope Arts, an interdisciplinary performance ensemble, and is the producer and musical director for the Connecticut Composers and Improvisors Festival from 2001 to 2011.

Currently, Fonda has been recording and touring extensively with the Fonda-Stevens Group, Conference Call, The Fab Trio, The Nu Band, and Bottoms Out, with performances at the Bimhuis in Amsterdam, Holland; Prague Jazz Festival, Czech Republic; Jazz Halo Festival, Belgium; Jazz Festival Thüringen, Weimar, Germany; Berlin Jazz Festival, Berlin, Germany; Jazz im Agosto Festival, Lisbon, Portugal; Nattjazz Festival, Bergen, Norway; The Vision Festival, New York, New York; Jazz and More Festival, Sibiu, Romania; Bacău Jazz Festival, Azerbaijan; Tondela Jazz Festival, Tondela, Portugal; Vancouver Jazz Festival, Vancouver, Canada; Guelph Jazz Festival, Guelph, Canada.

Two of Fonda’s most recent projects are From the Source and The Off Road Quartet.

From the Source is a group that incorporates the tap dancing and poetry of Brenda Bufalino, the healing arts of Vicki Dodd, and four jazz musicians. The group has released their first CD, entitled Joe Fonda and From the Source, on Konnex Records.

The Off Road Quartet is comprised of four musicians from four different countries: Xu Fengia from Beijing, China; Carlos Zingaro from Lisbon, Portugal; Lucas Niggle from Zurich, Switzerland; and Joe Fonda from New York, USA. The Off Road Quartet blends the music from all four of these musicians' cultures into a unique musical and visual experience.