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Jon Hassell - Portrait by JM Lubrano @ thequietus.com

#513 — Tributes to Jon Hassell & Djivan Gasparyan

Trumpetist Jon Hassell (22 March 1937 - 26 June 2021) created a style of music he described as Fourth World, a distinctive hybrid of music both ancient and digital, composed and improvised, Eastern and Western. His seminal albums ranged from glitchy oblique electronica to serene ambient jazz. His lifelong quest was to transform his trumpet playing to reference the vocal mastery of the Hindustani raga master, Pandit Pran Nath.

Armenian-born Djivan Gasparyan (12 Oct 1928 - 6 July 2021) passed on his skills and musical wisdom to many of his students. He played the duduk, the traditional oboe of Armenia, which is mostly played in pairs with one providing a seamless continuous drone. Djivan came to our attention outside his homeland through his collaborations with Michael Brook, Sting and Peter Gabriel.

ARTIST
Title  [Dur.]
Album  (Year)

Andrew CRONSHAW
Mo Ghaol Òigear A' Chùil Duinn (My Darling Is The Brown-Haired Young Man) (4:00)
Zithers (2020)

TALKING HEADS
Houses in Motion (4:33)
Remain in Light (1980)

Jon HASSELL
Courage (3:00)
Dream Theory in Malaya: Fourth World Vol.2 (1981)

Jon HASSELL - FARAFINA
Flash of the Spirit (5:35)
Flash of the Spirit (1989)

Jon HASSELL
Sensuendo (5:15)
Fascinoma (1999)

Ani diFranco
Pulse (12:30)
Little Plastic Castle (1998)

Jon HASSELL
Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street (11:00)
Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street (2009)

Peter GABRIEL
Sketch Pad With Trumpet and Voice (3:09)
Birdy (1985)

Jon HASSELL
Delicado (4:00)
Seeing Through Sound: Pentimento Volume Two (2020)

David SYLVIAN
Brilliant Trees (8:35)
Brilliant Trees (1984)

Djivan GASPARYAN
Tonight (3:00)
Moon Shines at Night (1993)

Djivan GASPARYAN & Michael BROOK
Fallen Star (4:45)
Black Rock (1998)

Djivan GASPARYAN
7th December 1988 (4:05)
Moon Shines at Night (1993)

Kutcha EDWARDS
Trying To Outrun The Sun (7:00)
Circling Time (2021)

Emma DONOVAN & the PUTBACKS
Pretty One (5:05)
Crossover (2020)

FOSHE with Horatio Luna
Settle Down (6:38)
Nice to Meetcha (2020)

Nat BARTSCH TRIO
Reward If Found (6:05)
To Sail, To Sing (2010)

SEAGULL
All in Good Time (4:55)
1000001 (2017)

Theme: Garry Havrillay — Fragments of Memory (edit) — Aurora (2018)