Jon Hassell

Born: March 22, 1937
Died: June 26, 2021
Country: United States
IPI: 00038084677 1 work
Affiliation: ASCAP
Comments: Trumpet player, electronics musician and composer crossing over between minimal, world and jazz music. A student of German 12-tone/avant-garde music composer/professor Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hassell after returning to the US worked with the likes of La Monte Young, Terry Riley etc. and got affiliated with Brian Eno. Hence, some of his best known releases were issued by EG and Opal. He later collaborated with Peter Gabriel, Kronos Quartet, Björk and many more. Hassell is also known for soundtracks/scores and theater music.