Jon Hassell
Biography
American trumpeter, composer and author. Creator of a style of music he described as Fourth World, a mysterious, unique hybrid of music both ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western. After composition studies and university degrees in the USA, he went to Europe to study electronic and serial music with Karlheinz Stockhausen. Several years later, he returned to New York where his first recordings were made with minimalist masters La Monte Young and Terry Riley, through whom he met the Hindustani raga master, Pandit Pran Nath, and embarked on a lifelong quest to transmute his teacher's Kirana vocal mastery into a new trumpet sound and style.
Known For & Full Filmography4 Titles
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • as Hollow
A federal agent searches for a potential killer among the bizarre residents of a dilapidated Los Angeles hotel.
Movie - 1996, 2h 15m • as self
Recorded at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, New York, April 9th, 1996. 1 Stone Free (Jimi Hendrix) 3:41 2 Prayer For The Dying (Gus Isidore, Seal) 3:46 3 Future Love Paradise 5:14 4 Blues In E 4:27 5 Crazy 5:13 6 Quicksand (David Bowie) 5:02 7 Kiss From A Rose 4:34 8 Violet 5:24 9 Deep Water 3:31 10 Don't Cry 3:16
Movie - 2021, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
A video documenting the making of David Sylvian's 1984 Lp "Brilliant Trees" within Berlin. Unknown to the world until David's surprise releasing of it on VIMEO July 15, 2021.
Movie - 2011, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
Musician, composer, producer, music theorist, singer and visual artist; probably best known for his early work with Roxy Music, his production duties for U2 & Coldplay, and as one of the principal innovators of ambient music. This documentary film – the first ever about Eno – explores his life, career and music between the years 1971 & 1977, the period that some view as his golden age. Featuring numerous exclusive interviews, contributions from a range of musicians, writers, collaborators and friends – plus performance and studio film and an abundance of the most exceptional music ever created.