Jazz Articles about Bull/Fonda Duo

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Bull/Fonda Duo: Cup of Joe, No Bull

Read "Cup of Joe, No Bull" reviewed by Terrell Kent Holmes

by Terrell Kent Holmes
August 21, 2005

On the heels of her release Love Spook, vocalist Katie Bull has hooked up again with bassist Joe Fonda on Cup of Joe, No Bull, a selection of standards and originals that the duo reduces to their bare essentials. Bull delivers a kind of relaxed, languid, yet lively kind of singing where the lyrics aren't sung so much as they burst from inside her. She sometimes wavers on the vocal high wire, but her verve is infectious.Bull takes ...

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Album Review

Bull Fonda Duo: Cup of Joe, No Bull

Read "Cup of Joe, No Bull" reviewed by Michael P. Gladstone

by Michael P. Gladstone
July 20, 2005

This is the third Katie Bull album that I've heard, and her work is very consistent. The New York-based singer divides her time between traditional jazz vocals and outside vocal excursions. This is the sparest of the sessions in that it is a duo recording of just voice and acoustic bass, without the added cushion of piano and drums. According to the liner notes, Katie Bull's partner, bassist Joe Fonda, is a like-minded soulmate who shares the same sense of ...