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Jon Hassell
American trumpeter and composer who developed Fourth World music, fusing electronics with non-Western vocal and instrumental technique.
Jon Hassell (1937-2021) was an American trumpeter and composer, a student of Stockhausen and collaborator with La Monte Young, who developed “Fourth World” music — a hybrid of electronically processed trumpet, studio production, and vocal and instrumental techniques drawn from non-Western traditions.
Works in the Library
Jon Hassell, Brian Eno RELEASE 1980
Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics
Jon Hassell and Brian Eno's 1980 album founding Fourth World music, fusing processed trumpet with electronics and non-Western rhythm.
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