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Jon Hassell (born 1937 in Memphis, Tennessee) is a trumpet player and composer. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He is known for his influence in the world music scene and his unusual electronic manipulation of the trumpet sound. The term world music includes Traditional music (sometimes called Folk music or roots music of any culture that are created and played by indigenous musicians

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Life and career

Hassell received his Masters degree from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. The Eastman School of Music (also known more simply as The Eastman School, Eastman, or ESM) is a music conservatory located in the During this time he became involved in European serial music, especially the work of Karlheinz Stockhausen, and so after finishing his studies at Eastman, he enrolled in the Cologne Course for New Music for two years (founded and directed by Stockhausen). Hassell returned to the U. S. in 1967, where he met Terry Riley in Buffalo, New York and performed on the first recording of Riley's seminal work In C in 1968. Terry Riley (born June 24 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school In C is an aleatoric Musical piece composed by Terry Riley in 1964 for any number of people although he suggests "a group of about 35 is He pursued his PhD in musicalogy in Buffalo and performed in La Monte Young's Dream House in New York City. La Monte Thornton Young (born October 14 1935) is an American Composer and musician On his return to Buffalo in the early 1970s, Hassell was introduced to the music of Indian Pandit Pran Nath, a specialist in the kiranic style of singing. Pandit Pran Nath ( Devanagari:पंडित प्राणनाथ) ( 3 November 1918 &ndash 13 June 1996) was a Hindustani Hassell, Young, Marien Zazeela (Young's wife) and Riley went together to India to study with Nath. His work with Nath awoke his appetite for world music, and on the album Vernal Equinox he used his trumpet to imitate the vocal techniques of Nath (treated with various electronic effects) where he stated:

"From 1973 up until then I was totally immersed in playing raga 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 Brian Eno on the album Possible Musics: Fourth World Vol. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer 1. Hassell's 1982 release Dream Theory in Malaya led to a performance at the first World of Music, Arts and Dance (WOMAD) Festival, organized by Peter Gabriel. World of Music Arts and Dance ( WOMAD) is a festival started in Shepton Mallet, England in 1982 Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950 in Chobham, Surrey, England) is an English Musician and Songwriter. In the late 1980s, Hassell contributed to Gabriel's Passion: Music for The Last Temptation of Christ , the soundtrack album for Martin Scorsese's film The Last Temptation of Christ. Passion Music for The Last Temptation of Christ is a musical album released in 1989 by Peter Gabriel. Hassell and Pete Scaturro composed the electronic theme music for the television show The Practice. The Practice is a American Legal drama created by David E Kelley centering on the partners and associates at a Boston

Style

Hassell coined the term "Fourth World" to describe his musical style, as expressed both in his trumpet playing and in his approach to composition. Musical composition is an original piece of Music the structure of a musical piece the process of creating a new This musical conception combines the philosophy and techniques of minimalism with Asian and African styles, and relies heavily on the use of electronic instruments. Minimalist music is an originally American genre of experimental or Downtown music named in the 1960s based mostly in consonant harmony, steady Critics of Hassell's style have noted its incorporation of New Age and world music styles, but have also detected the influence of Miles Davis, particularly Davis' use of electronics, modal harmony and understated lyricism. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. Miles Dewey Davis III (May 26 1926 &ndash September 28 1991 was an American Jazz Trumpeter, Bandleader, and Composer. [1] Both on record and during live performances, Hassell makes use of traditional western instruments--keyboards, bass, electric guitar, and percussion--to create modal, hypnotic grooves, over which he plays microtonally-inflected trumpet phrases in the style of Nath's Kiranic vocals. Pandit Pran Nath ( Devanagari:पंडित प्राणनाथ) ( 3 November 1918 &ndash 13 June 1996) was a Hindustani Kirana Gharana is one of the most prolific Hindustani Khyal Gharanas The name of this school of music derives from Kirana or Kairana, a [2]

Discography

Collaborations

See also

References

  1. ^ Mark Gilbert: 'John Hassell,' Grove Music Online ed. Brian Peter George St John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno (born 15 May 1948 commonly known as Brian Eno (ˈiːnoʊ is an English Musician, producer Ryland "Ry" Peter Cooder (born 15 March 1947, in Los Angeles, California) is an American Guitarist, Singer, and Ronu Majumdar is a noted Flautist in the Hindustani Classical Music tradition The bansuri (बांसुरी is a transverse alto Flute of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, made of a single length of bamboo Michael Brook (born 1951 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian Guitarist, Inventor, producer, and Film David Sylvian (born David Alan Batt, 23 February 1958 in Beckenham, Kent, UK) is an English Singer, Musician Talking head Talking Heads was an American New Wave band formed in 1974 in New York City and active until 1991 L. Macy (Accessed [November 7 2007]),<http://www.grovemusic.com>
  2. ^ Jon Pareles, "Jon Hassell with Trumpet and Electronics," New York Times September 21 1989: p. C15, ProQuest Platinum, Online (November 6, 2007).

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