By Nils Jacobson
Looking for the Lake
Joe Fonda Ensemble
(Fonda: bass; Claire Arenius: drums; Cliff White: saxophone; Tim Moran: saxophone)
Alacra Records, 1976
Up From The Sky
Joe Fonda/Steve McCraven
(Fonda: bass; Tony Purrone: guitar; Steve McCraven: drums)
Kaleidoscope Records, 1979
The Sky Cries The Blues
Creative Musicians Improvisers Orchestra
(Fonda: bass; Leo Smith, George Alford, Genghis Nor: trumpet, fluegelhorn; Oliver Lake: soprano, alto, flute; Marty Ehrlich: alto, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute; Phil Buettner: baritone saxophone, clarinet, bass clarinet, flute; Cliff White: tenor, baritone saxophone, flute; Bill Lowe: trombone, tuba; Bobby Naughton: vibraharp; Robert de Sesa: vibraphone, percussion; Wes Brown: bass; Mario Pavone: bass; Gerry Hemingway: drums; Yohuru Ralph Williams: percussion; Harryson Buster: percussion, vocals; Allan Jaffe: guitar)
CMIF Records, 1982
Today This Moment
Mosaic Sextet
(Fonda: bass; Dave Douglas: trumpet; Michael Rabinowitz: bassoon; Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Mark Feldman: violin; Harvey Sorgen: drums)
Konnex Records, 1990
What We're Hearing
Joe Fonda/Carlo Morena/Jeff Hirshfield
(Fonda: bass; Morena: piano; Hirshfield: drums)
DeWerf, 1994
Don't Pass Me By
Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze
(Fonda: bass; Wally Greaney: harp, saxophone, vocals; Uwe Herr: guitar; Peter Perfido, drums)
Kaleidoscope Records, 1994
The Wish
Fonda/Stevens Group
(Fonda: bass; Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Herb Robertson: trumpet; Harvey Sorgen: drums; Mark Whitecage: saxophone; Laura Arbuckle: vocals)
Music & Arts, 1996
10 Compositions (Duet) 1995
Anthony Braxton/Joe Fonda
(Braxton: alto and sopranino saxophones, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flute; Fonda: bass)
Konnex Records, 1995
Live In France
Sweet Daddy Cool Breeze
(Fonda: bass; Wally Greaney: harp, sax, vocals; Uwe Herr: guitar; Peter Perfido: drums)
Kaleidoscope Records, 1997
Parallel Lines
Fonda/Stevens Group
(Fonda: bass; Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Herb Robertson: trumpet; Harvey Sorgen: drums; Mark Whitecage: saxophone)
Music & Arts, 1997
Evolution
Fonda/Stevens Group
(Fonda: bass; Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Herb Robertson: trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn; Harvey Sorgen: drums; Mark Whitecage: clarinet, alto saxophone)
Leo Records, 1998
From The Source
Joe Fonda
(Fonda: bass; Anthony Braxton: alto, F, and sopranino saxophones, clarinet, contrabass clarinet, flute; Herb Robertson: trumpet, pocket trumpet; Brenda Bufalino: tap dancing; Vickie Dodd: vocals; Grisha Alexiev, drums)
Konnex Records, 1997
Live From Brugge
Fonda/Stevens Group
(Fonda: bass, Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Herb Robertson: trumpet; Harvey Sorgen: drums; Mark Whitecage: alto sax, alto clarinet)
DeWerf, 1997
When It's Time
Joe Fonda
(Fonda: solo bass)
JazzHalo Tonesetters, 1999
Full Circle Suite
Joe Fonda Quintet
(Fonda: bass; Gebhard Ullmann: bass clarinet; Chris Jonas: soprano saxophone; Taylor Ho Bynum: conch, pocket trumpet, trumpet; Kevin Norton: drums, percussion)
CIMP Records, 1999
Bottoms Out
Scott Miller/Joe Fonda
(Miller:composer; Fonda: composer, bass; Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Mark Whitecage: alto saxophone; David Bindman: clarinet, tenor saxophone; David Schmacher: baritone saxophone; Robert DeBellis: baritone saxophone; Sam Furnace: baritone saxophone; Steve Swell: trombone; Jim Leff: trombone)
Cadence Jazz Records, 1999
Distance
Joe Fonda/Xu Fengxia
(Fonda: bass, voice; Fengxia: guzheng, voice)
Leo Records, 2000
Mosaic Sextet
Mosaic Sextet
(Fonda, bass; Dave Douglas: trumpet; Michael Rabinowitz: bassoon; Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Mark Feldman: violin; Harvey Sorgen: drums)
GM Records, 2000
Live At The Bunker
Fonda/Stevens Group
(Fonda: bass; Michael Jefry Stevens: piano; Paul Smoker: trumpet; Harvey Sorgen: drums)
Leo Records, 2000
Final Answer
Conference Call
(Fonda: bass; Michael Jefry Stevens:piano; Gebhard Ullmann: reeds; Matt Wilson: drums)
Soul Note?, 2000?
