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Jon Hassell (March 22, 1937 – June 26, 2021) was an American trumpet player and composer. He was best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music, which describes a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining elements of various world ethnic traditions with modern electronic techniques. [1]
T he first new album in nine years by Jon Hassell, a musical visionary and hugely influential figure in new music. Continuing his lifelong exploration of the possibilities of the studio, fragments of performance are sampled, looped, overdubbed and re-arranged into beguiling unexpected shapes.
Jun 27, 2021 · Jon Hassell, the influential American avant garde composer who invented the global-minded “fourth world” musical aesthetic, has died aged 84. In a statement, his family said the “iconic trumpet...
Jun 27, 2021 · Jon Hassell, a composer and trumpeter who blended modern technology with ancient instruments and traditions to create what he called Fourth World music, died on Saturday. He was 84.
Jun 27, 2021 · Jon Hassell, the avant-garde composer and trumpet player who collaborated with artists like Talking Heads, Brian Eno and Ry Cooder in addition to his explorations into “Fourth World” music,...
Jun 26, 2021 · Jon Hassell has died. The influential American avant-garde composer died on June 26, as his family confirmed in a statement on Saturday night. Friend and collaborator Brian Eno started a...
Jon Hassell, a composer and trumpeter who blended modern technology with ancient instruments and traditions to create what he called Fourth World music, died on Saturday. He was 84. Mr. Hassell’s music floated outside the genre boundaries of classical music, electronica, ambient music or jazz.
Jun 27, 2021 · Jon Hassell, the influential composer and trumpet player who pioneered the “fourth world” has died at the age of 84. His family confirmed the news of his death in a statement on his social...
Jun 27, 2021 · Experimental composer and trumpeter Jon Hassell, inventor of the “Fourth World” music genre, has died at the age of 84, his family confirmed in a statement. “After a little more than a year of...
Jul 1, 2021 · Jon Hassell, who has died aged 84, was an American trumpeter and composer who explored new territories in contemporary music; he studied under the German composer Karlheinz Stockhausen before...
