#4133: Music for Trumpet, Mostly
There’s music for trumpet, mostly, featuring music from Jon Hassell, both old and new. Plus, hear music by Arve Henriksen from Norway, Christian Scott from New Orleans, and Laura Jurd’s band, Dinosaur.
Trumpeter Jon Hassell takes the martial sound of the trumpet and whispers with it. He’s studied Indian raga music, and often uses a harmonizer – which made it sound like three trumpets were playing together – along with other electronic techniques. Additionally, Jon Hassell pioneered a musical ethos he dubbed 'Fourth World', a mixture of said traditional Indian vocal style adapted for the trumpet - and electronics. In this vein, hear music by Hassell, in collaboration with Brian Eno.
Then, listen to music by the band Dinosaur, a ‘synth-pop meets jazz band’ from their 2018 record, Wonder Trail. It’s way-out music with a lot of riffs, groove, and bite. Then, American multi-instrumentalist Abdul-Rauf (perhaps better known for her work in the metal band Vastum, among others) takes sounds like choral vocals, distant trumpet, and delicate guitar and warps them beyond recognition. Listen to a track from her record, Diminution.
Hear music by Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen, along with Toronto-based band Peppermoth, which features Gary Diggins playing trumpet. Also, from the most recent release by Jon Hassell, Listening to Pictures, there’s a track called “Slipstream,” which uses harmonizer, along with electronic sampling, loops, overdubs and distorted layers of voicings to achieve its “Fourth World aesthetic.” Plus atmospheric and drama-filled music from L.A.-based sax player Sam Gendel. -Caryn Havlik
PROGRAM #4133, Music for Trumpet, Mostly (First aired 7/16/2018)
ARTIST: Jon Hassell and Brian Eno
WORK: Delta Rain Dream [1:00]
RECORDING: Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
SOURCE: EG #7
INFO: Amazon.com
ARTIST: Peppermoth
WORK: Follow Me [4:22]
RECORDING: Glimmer Tide
SOURCE/INFO: eccodek.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jon Hassell and Brian Eno
WORK: Delta Rain Dream [3:29]
RECORDING: Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
SOURCE: EG #7
INFO: Amazon.com
ARTIST: Sam Gendel
WORK: Final Chamber [4:49]
RECORDING: Pass If Music
SOURCE: Leaving Records
INFO: leavingrecords.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Jon Hassell
WORK: Slipstream [2:54]
RECORDING: Listening to Pictures
SOURCE: Ndeya Records
INFO: jonhassell.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Arve Henriksen
WORK: Groundswell [5:36]
RECORDING: Towards Language
SOURCE: Rune Grammofon RCD 2192
INFO: runegrammofon.com
ARTIST: Leila Abdul-Rauf
WORK: Abjure [5:54]
RECORDING: Diminution
SOURCE: Suicide Squeeze Records
INFO: black-horizons.com
ARTIST: Dinosaur
WORK: Renewal, Pt. 1 [3:20]
RECORDING: Wonder Trail
SOURCE: Edition Records
INFO: dinosaurband.bandcamp.com
ARTIST: Christian Scott
WORK: The Eraser (Thom Yorke) [5:31]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, 3/29/2010
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available.
INFO: wnyc.org/story/43341-christian-scott/
ARTIST: Jon Hassell & Farafina
WORK: Masque (Strength) [8:30]
RECORDING: Flash of the Spirit
SOURCE: Intuition/Capitol Records 91186
INFO: Out of print, but download from Amazon.com or iTunes
