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Jon Hassell (March 22, 1937 – June 26, 2021) was an American player and . He was best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music, which describes a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining elements of various traditions with modern techniques. The concept was first articulated on , his 1980 collaboration with .

Born in Tennessee, Hassell studied contemporary in New York and later in Germany under composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. He subsequently worked with composers (on a 1968 recording of ) and La Monte Young (as part of his Theatre of Eternal Music group), and studied under Hindustani singer Pandit Pran Nath. His association with in the early 1980s would introduce Hassell to a larger audience. He subsequently worked with musical artists such as , , , , Tears for Fears, , , , Moritz von Oswald, and .

Life and career
Born in Memphis, Tennessee, United States, Hassell received his master's degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York. During this time he became involved in European , especially the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen, and so after finishing his studies at Eastman, he enrolled in the Cologne Course for New Music (founded and directed by Stockhausen) for two years, where he met and , who would later go on to form Can. Hassell returned to the U.S. in 1967, where he met in Buffalo, New York, and performed on the first recording of Riley's seminal work in 1968. He pursued his Ph.D. in in Buffalo and performed in La Monte Young's Theatre of Eternal Music in New York City, contributing to the 1974 LP Dream House 78' 17".

On his return to Buffalo in the early 1970s, Hassell was introduced to the music of Indian Pandit Pran Nath, a specialist in the style of singing. Hassell, Young, , and Riley went together to India to study with Nath. His work with Nath awoke his appetite for traditional musics of the world, and on the album Vernal Equinox, he used his trumpet (treated with various electronic effects) to imitate the vocal techniques to which Nath had exposed him. He stated:

"From 1973 up until then I was totally immersed in playing on the trumpet. I wanted the physical dexterity to be able to come into a room and be able to do something that nobody else in the world could do. My aim was to make a music that was vertically integrated in such a way that at any cross-sectional moment you were not able to pick a single element out as being from a particular country or genre of music."

In 1980, he collaborated with on the album and appeared on the Eno-produced Talking Heads album Remain in Light. The same year Hassell also performed solo at the .

(2026). 9781627310512, .
Plans had been made with Eno and David Byrne for the three of them to team up for what became "My Life in the Bush of Ghosts," but the plan fell through when Hassell didn't agree with the direction the tracks were taking. His 1981 release, Dream Theory in Malaya, led to a performance at the first World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) Festival, organized by . He performed and co-wrote tracks on 's first solo album , and its instrumental EP follow-up Words with the Shaman. In the late 1980s, Hassell contributed to Gabriel's , the soundtrack album for 's film, The Last Temptation of Christ. Hassell and Pete Scaturro composed the electronic theme music for the television show . In 1989, Hassell contributed to the Tears for Fears album The Seeds of Love.

Hassell died from natural causes on June 26, 2021, at the age of 84. He had had health issues over the course of the previous year.

Style
Hassell coined the term "Fourth World" to describe his work on "a unified primitive/futuristic sound combining features of world ethnic styles with advanced electronic techniques." He used extensive electronic processing of his trumpet playing. In addition to nonwestern traditional musics, critics have noted the influence of on Hassell's style, particularly Davis' use of electronics, , minimal vibrato and understated lyricism. Both on record and during live performances, Hassell made use of western instruments—keyboards, bass, electric guitar, and percussion—to create modal, hypnotic grooves, over which he often played -inflected trumpet phrases in the style of Nath's vocals. His use of circular breathing on the instrument enabled him to create long, seamless, and mesmerizing melodic lines.Jon Pareles, "Jon Hassell with Trumpet and Electronics," New York Times September 21, 1989: p. C15, ProQuest Platinum, Online (November 6, 2007).

Discography
As leader or co-leader
  • Vernal Equinox (Lovely Music, 1977)
  • Earthquake Island (Tomato 1978)
  • (, 1980), with
  • (Editions EG, 1981)
  • (Editions EG, 1983)
  • (, 1986)
  • The Surgeon of the Nightsky Restores Dead Things by the Power of Sound (Intuition, 1987), live recordings
  • Flash of the Spirit (Intuition/, 1988), with
  • City: Works of Fiction (Opal/, 1990; expanded edition on All Saints, 2014)
  • Dressing for Pleasure (Warner, 1994), with Bluescreen
  • Sulla Strada (Materiali Sonori, 1995), with I Magazzini
  • The Vertical Collection (Sketches) (Earshot, 1997), with Peter Freeman as Bluescreen Project
  • Fascinoma (Water Lily Acoustics, 1999)
  • Hollow Bamboo (Water Lily Acoustics, 2000), with , and
  • (, 2005)
  • Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street (ECM, 2009)
  • Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One) (Ndeya, 2018)
  • Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two) (Ndeya, 2020)

Single tracks on compilations and remixes
  • "Map of Dusk" on compilation Myths 3: La nouvelle serenité (Sub Rosa, 1987), recorded in 1985 with J.A. Deane
  • "Pygmy Dance" on compilation Ai Confini / Interzone (New Tone, 1993), recorded live in Italy 1988
  • "Streetfaxx" and remixes by 808 State on EP Voiceprint (Blind from the Facts) (Opal, 1990; reissued on All Saints, 1993 and 2006)
  • Personals, maxi-single with remixes of "Personals" and "G-Spot" by MC 900 Ft Jesus and Organized Konfusion (Warner, 1994)
  • "Then and Now (Berchidda)" on compilation Then and Now (Time in Jazz 1998 | 2007) (Tàjrà It., 2008), live recording from 2001 in Italy with John Beasley, Rick Cox

As sideman and guest appearances
On almost all recordings Jon Hassell played trumpet (sometimes merely 'used' as sound color). In cases where he plays keyboards or electronics it is mentioned in the last column; the same applies to the credits as composer (or producer).
Film soundtracks are labeled "O.S.T." (original sound track) preceding the film title. Artists and labels are linked by first appearance only.

ensemble member
ensemble member
ensemble member (quartet) on one of two extensive tracks
on "Houses in Motion"
on "Shadow"
on "Weathered Wall" and "Brilliant Trees", co-composer
on "Words with the Shaman Part 1–3", co-composer; also released as EP
ensemble member
on "Big Snake"
on "Il sole nella pioggia" and "Le baccanti", pre-sampled trumpet sounds activated by keyboard on "Visioni"
on "Passion"
on "Standing on the Corner of the Third World" and "Famous Last Words"
on "Funeral for a Flower", co-composer
on "Anima", "In la piazza" and "Notte", co-composer
ensemble with
on "Crime" and "I See You Again"
on "Flight of the Hermaphrodite" and "Needle Park", co-composer
on "Slow Loris Versus Poison Snail", co-composer
on "The Next Voice You Hear" produced by
on "Hain't It Funny?"
on "All the Pretty Little Horses"
featured trumpet soloist
on "Wide Sky", co-composer
featured soloist
on "It's Enough Now", "This Time Last Year" and "Beautiful"
on (probably one track)
on "Who Would You Have Me Love" with
on "Wing Beats", trumpet and , co-composer
on "Never Let Me Go" and "Amsterdam Blue (Cortege)", co-composer and track production
on "Simple"
on "Not Seventeen", "Don't Invent Me" and "It's Enough Now"
on "Confined to Ice"
on "Revelling"
on "Tap Dancer", co-composer
on "Long Distance", composer
on "Flicks", "The Dumbing Down of Love" and "Old Piano"
on "Fuiste Cruel" and "Boliviana"; album produced by Ry Cooder
on "Huang/Hong" and "Deep Steel Dubh"
on "Mint", co-composer
on "Memento Mori" with , co-composer
on "Don't Call Me Red"
on last three tracks, co-composer
(not specified)
on "One Cat, One Vote, One Beer"
featured as soloist
on "The Tubes (1994/2003)" with Mark Atkins
on tracks "III" and "VI", co-composer
on "Star Matter"
on "Upstream"
on "Flathead One More Time"
ensemble member, trumpet and electronics
on "Exile from Paradise", co-composer (also for another track, due to trumpet samples)
featured musician
on "Ayé Sira Bla = Make Way"
on "Brutalized" and "No Happy End"
on "Metanoia", trumpet samples and/or sampler

See also

Bibliography
  • Mark Prendergast, The Ambient Century. New York and London, Bloomsbury Publishing, 2000,
  • Jon Hassell, program notes from Vernal Equinox. Lovely Music, LML 1021, 1977.

External links

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