This has been a great year for our pal and guitar great Anders Nilsson. First there was the much anticipated Kalabalik disc with Raoul Bjorkenheim & Gerald Cleaver on our own DMG/ARC label.

This collective trio teams American bass master Joe Fonda, known for his collaborations with innovative musicians and composers such as saxophonist Anthony Braxton, trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and pianist Carla Bley, with Swedish brothers a generation younger than Fonda&md

Drummer Barry Altschul is widely revered for his innovative work during the 1970s with the all-star quartet Circle and as a member of the influential trios of pianist Paul Bley and multi-instrumentalist Sam Rivers. Despite his avant-garde credentials, Altschul's purview also included

Paul Motian’s death in late 2011 was a big loss, to be certain, but the still-vibrant 70-year-old Barry Altschul has for four decades demonstrated mastery over the finer points of jazz drumming, using its full range not just as a time keeping device but as a richly tonal instrument.

Multiple Review by Robert Iannapollo for New York City Jazz Record, No.117, January 2012

Trio + 2 The Fonda/Stevens Group (Not Two)
Restlessness (Live at The Sunset) The Nu Band (Marge)
History of Jazz in Revers

Multiple review by Robert Iannapollo for New York City Jazz Record, No.117, January 2012

Trio + 2 The Fonda/Stevens Group (Not Two)
Restlessness (Live at The Sunset) The Nu Band (Marge)
History of Jazz in Reverse FAB Trio (TUM)

By Robert Iannapollo for New York City Jazz Record, No.117, January 2012

Trio + 2 The Fonda/Stevens Group (Not Two)
Restlessness (Live at The Sunset) The Nu Band (Marge)
History of Jazz in Reverse FAB Trio (TUM)

Wed, 07 Nov 2012 18:08:20 -0500 http://www.joefonda.com/history-of-jazz-in-reverse-review-by-robert-iannapollo Richard Kamins for Hartford Courant, published May 18, 2009

There's much to enjoy in this 56-minute program. If you're a fan of the Trio's splendid interplay, that's here. If you have been impressed with the guitarist's mature and intelligent compositions, here are 6 more.

Between Shadow and Light è disco che si colloca in una sorta di terra di nessuno, zona franca musicale dai contorni indefiniti, tra luci e ombre per l'appunto, tra improvvisazione e atmosfere cameristiche, tra sottigliezze timbriche e raffi

Conference Call è un quartetto composto da musicisti che negli ultimi vent'anni hanno attraversato in lungo e in largo svariati territori della musica improvvisata.

Registrato qualche tempo dopo la visita alla tristemente nota cittadina tedesca, Dachau risulta uno dei piu' convincenti lavori nella variegata produzione artistica di Michael Musillami, chitarrista e compositore californiano molto attivo sulla scena della costa orientale e

Katie Bull couldn't have picked a better crew of musicians to support her work, among them pianists Frank Kimbrough and Michael Jefry Stevens, bassist Joe Fonda, drummers Matt Wilson and Harvey Sorgen, each beloved by jazzfolk. The Story So Far is a frolic.

Drei musikalische Persönlichkeiten mit ganz unterschiedlichen Mentalitäten brauchten auf diesem Album nur ganz wenige notierte Vorgaben, um in jedem Stück eine Atmosphäre zu schaffen, die nachwirkt.

Review by Rotcod Zzaj for IMPROVIJAZZATION NATION magazine
Published in issue 119

What you’ll hear on this gathering of 3 legends in the jazz improv community (Billy Bang on violin, Joe Fonda on double bass & Barry Altschul on drums) i

Artisticamente insieme da più di un ventennio, il bassista Joe Fonda e il pianista Michael Stevens danno alle stampe Memphis, un album che richiede una buona dose d'attenzione, viste le diverse soluzioni compositive intraprese e le relativ

I’ve been to too many concerts where the opening act consists of a mediocre poet back by “jazz” group. Too often the music and the poetry seem at loggerheads, having little relation to one another.

Side Effects
Trio Generations
(ARC)
Between Shadow and Light
Bebelaar/Fonda/Joos
(Double Moon)

Bassist-for-all-seasons Joe Fonda is always involved in

Side Effects
Trio Generations
(ARC)
Between Shadow and Light
Bebelaar/Fonda/Joos
(Double Moon)

Bassist-for-all-seasons Joe Fonda is always involved in

"The Story So Far" offers improvisational jazz from a unique vocalist.

Katie Bull can be best described as an improvisational artist and actress. This is what my perception was on compiling the information on this unique vocalist.

By Raul d'Gama Rose for All About Jazz, published March 15, 2012

This music swings — not only in the rhythmic sense — but in a broader, more stylistic sense, cutting a wide swathe that is somewehere between romanticism and abstract