Jon Hassell

Jon Hassell Dead at 84

PUBLISHED Jun 27, 2021

Jon Hassell — the avant-garde figure and trumpeter who collaborated with the likes of Brian Eno, Talking Heads and Peter Gabriel — has died...

Jon Hassell Readies New Album 'Seeing Through Sound'

PUBLISHED Jun 11, 2020

American composer Jon Hassell has shared details of a new album. Seeing Through Sound (Pentimento Volume Two) arrives July 24 via Ndeya. A...

Jon Hassell's Friends and Family Start GoFundMe for "Long-Term Health Issues"

PUBLISHED Apr 29, 2020

Friends and family of American trumpeter and composer Jon Hassell have launched a GoFundMe to assist with financial costs of "long-term hea...

Jon Hassell

Vernal Equinox

PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2020

While the trumpet is often synonymous with some of the greatest jazz of all time, Jon Hassell's trumpet has forged a different path, toward...

Jon Hassell

Listening to Pictures (Pentimento Volume One)

PUBLISHED Jun 5, 2018

Over the last few years, Jon Hassell has re-released his two most celebrated and groundbreaking albums — 1980's Fourth World, Vol. 1 and 19...

Jon Hassell

Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street

PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2009

Trumpeter Jon Hassell returns to ECM, flanked with a ten-member support group, with this poised, humid affair. Much like his previous work,...

Jon Hassell

The Making of Spring

PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2003

Stop me if you've heard this description before: a burgeoning singer/songwriter obsessed with Nigel Godrich's production work and an affini...