#2898: Jon Hassell's Sound World

Trumpeter, composer and electronic pioneer Jon Hassell joins New Sounds to present his newest works from his latest release. Trumpeter, composer and electronic pioneer Jon Hassell helped shape the nascent "world music" movement in the late 70s. For this New Sounds, he joins us to present his newest works from his latest release (the first for ECM in over 20 years), "Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street." Otherworldly, melodic and sensual, Hassell's effort is a blend of African violin - suggesting the Middle East, Norwegian guitar playing and live sampling, understated pulses of percussion, improvised music and electronics, which result in some astounding real-time soundscapes.

PROGRAM # 2898, With Jon Hassell (First aired on February 9, 2009)

ARTIST(S)	RECORDING	CUT(S)	SOURCE
Jon Hassell	Fourth World Vol. 1 : Possible Musics	Delta Rain Dream [3:30]	Editions EG 7 Available at Amazon.com*
Jon Hassell	Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street	Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street [11:00]	ECM 2077 www.ecmrecords.com
Jon Hassell	Maarifa Street	Maarifa Street, excerpt [7:00]	Label Bleu / Nyen LBLC 6674 www.label-bleu.com OR Download from Emusic.com
Jon Hassell	Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street	Abu Gil [13:00] Light On Water [8:00]	See above.
Jon Hassell	Maarifa Street	Dardari Bridge excerpt [2:00]	See above.