Jon Hassell (RIP) - Divine S.O.S.

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From "Maarifa Street (Magic Realism 2)" 2005 ... Beautiful album

 

Great, innovative composer and musician

 

I would have loved seeing him in concert.....

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maarifa_Street:_Magic_Realism_Volume_Two

 

 

Album lineup:

 

• Jon Hassell – trumpet, keyboards
• Peter Freeman-RIP – bass, percussion, programming
• Rick Cox – guitar
• Dhafer Youssef – voice, oud
• John Beasley – keyboards
• Abdou M'boup – drums (original source performance)
• Paolo Fresu – trumpet, effects (my fellow countryman)
• Pete Lockett – drums

 

Jon Hassell, avant garde US composer, dies aged 84

 

Family and fellow musicians pay tribute to inventor of influential ‘fourth world’ musical aesthetic

 

 

Laura Snapes

Sun 27 Jun 2021 13.13 BST

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/jun/27/jon-hassell-avant-garde-us-composer-dies-aged-84

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I consider this album to be one of the most significant studio recordings of the last 40 / 50plus years...JMHO

 

In order to be fully appreciated it needs of course more than just one mere listen.....Obviously

 

And sure....It's always also a matter of personal taste.....Of course

[umbertino]

 

 

Track title already fantastic ( and true...) to me...The perception of it....In every meaning....Political etc

 

 

 

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Loving the special atmosphere here... To me  best thing on album.....But I do enjoy all tracks

 

 

 

 

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Slightly different than OS Paris