Jazz Articles about Jon Hassell

Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street

by Nenad Georgievski
November 8, 2009

One of the most significant American composer/musicians of the late twentieth century, Jon Hassell, has served as a synthesist, catalyst, and eventually a sound painter and innovator. He has, over the course of his career, unleashed a stunning new vocabulary that still resounds today in the playing of artists including Nils Petter Molvaer, Arve Henriksen, Paolo Fresu and Erik Truffaz and a plethora of electronic music adventurers such as Orb, Howie B, and Tricky. By drawing on ...

Jon Hassell: Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street

by AAJ Italy Staff
August 24, 2009

I profumi intensi e veraci di Pernes-les-Fontaines accompagnano questo viaggio trasognato che il guru Jon Hassell si concede in compagnia di giovani viandanti che lo proteggono dal soffio insidioso del Mistral. La scelta di un territorio di riferimento è molto importante in un contesto impalpabile come quello che caratterizza la musica di questo magnifico trombettista e pensatore. La meravigliosa terra di Provenza, scelta come location per la registrazione di buona parte delle 9 composizioni racchiuse in questo album dal titolo ...

Jon Hassell: Fourth World and Balancing the North and South of You

by John Kelman
May 4, 2009

He may well be one of the most insidious influences in modern music. Trumpeter, composer and deep thinker Jon Hassell may not have the same name recognition as, say, Miles Davis, but his unmistakable approach to music—he calls it Fourth World music—has affected musicians around the globe, ranging from now friend/co-conspirator Brian Eno, British post-rock crooner David Sylvian and singer/songwriter Tim Elsenburg (aka Sweet Billy Pilgrim), to jazz-centric artists including trumpeters Arve Henriksen, Nils Petter Molvær and Matthias Eick, as ...

Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street

by John Kelman
May 4, 2009

While he's rarely been out of action, the past couple years have seen a significant increase in the public exposure of trumpeter Jon Hassell, especially in Europe. Hassell may not be as well-known, say, as Miles Davis, but amongst a broadening group of musicians and listeners, it's become clear that his influence may well be no less pervasive—just, perhaps, more understated and subversive. While Hassell has continued to release albums periodically over the past decade—notably the sublime, uncharacteristically acoustic Fascinoma ...

Jon Hassell 2009 Tour

by Mark Corroto
February 10, 2009

Jon Hassell The Wexner Center for the Arts Columbus, OH February 5, 2009

Jon Hassell and his band Maarifa Street entered the stage of The Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus, Ohio a few minutes before their scheduled 8pm start. The house lights were still up, and the leader explained they we were witnessing his band warming up. Strange doings, because the band never exited, and there was no segue into the ...

Jon Hassell: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street

by Henry Smith
January 28, 2009

Jon Hassell Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street ECM Records 2009

Coinciding with his first tour of the States in over twenty years, trumpet player and self-described Fourth World musician Jon Hassell returns to ECM for his first release on the label since Power Spot (1985). With Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street, a title taken from a 13th century poem, Hassell ...

Punkt Festival 2008: Day 2-3

by John Kelman
September 7, 2008

Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3Punkt 08's first day of full programming was a full one. In addition to five concerts and three live remixes, festival goers were treated to a lengthy public discussion between Brian Eno and Jon Hassell that proved as entertaining as it was enlightening. Punkt has also been running daytime seminars since inception, but this year another rare and equally enlightening event was Gavin Bryars' lunchtime session, with a performance later that ...