Echoes celebrates the 70th birthday of the great fourth world fusion trumpeter by dedicating a program to his music. Listen to it here. And happy birthday Jon. We love what you do.
We've just posted the audio of our 70th Birthday tribute to Jon Hassell on our myspace site @ www.myspace.com/echoesspaceJON HASSELL: A 70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONAn unsung hero of techno-tribal music enters his 8th decade still blowingTrumpeter Jon Hassell's music roots go back to Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lamonte Young's Theatre of Eternal Music and playing on the first recording of Terry Riley's In C. He created the sound of Techno-Tribal music that was brought to popularity in collaborations with Brian Eno, and his distinctive trumpet sound has been adopted by musicians like Mark Isham. We look back on a musician who is still pushing the sonic envelope as he celebrated his 70th birthday on March 22 featuring interviews with Hassell, Brian Eno, Steve Roach, Robert Rich and Jeff Rona.Hear it on www.myspace.com/echoesspace
We've just posted the audio of our 70th Birthday tribute to Jon Hassell on our myspace site @ www.myspace.com/echoesspaceJON HASSELL: A 70th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONAn unsung hero of techno-tribal music enters his 8th decade still blowingTrumpeter Jon Hassell's music roots go back to Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lamonte Young's Theatre of Eternal Music and playing on the first recording of Terry Riley's In C. He created the sound of Techno-Tribal music that was brought to popularity in collaborations with Brian Eno, and his distinctive trumpet sound has been adopted by musicians like Mark Isham. We look back on a musician who is still pushing the sonic envelope as he celebrated his 70th birthday on March 22 featuring interviews with Hassell, Brian Eno, Steve Roach, Robert Rich and Jeff Rona.Hear it on www.myspace.com/echoesspace
