Discography
Collaborations and Sessions
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kd lang | WATERSHED | 2008 | Nonesuch
kd lang’s fifth solo studio album and her first collection of original material since Invincible Summer. JH plays on ‘Upstream’
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Ry Cooder | MY NAME IS BUDDY | 2007 | Nonesuch
A parable-like, storybook album with another all-star cast of Cooder regulars and special guests including Pete Seeger. JH on ‘One Cat, One Vote, One Beer’.
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Michael Fahres | THE TUBES | 2007 | Cold Blue
Contemporary electro-acoustic music from composer Michael Fahres. JH on the second, lengthy title piece. Produced by soundtrack composer Michael Hoenig (ex-Agitation Free and Tangerine Dream).
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Various artists | SONIC SCENERY: Music for Collections | 2007
Limited edition CD featuring all the exclusive pieces created for the Sonic Scenery exhibition at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. | 6 Jon Hassell—Wilderness Psalms (4:03)
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Mozez | SO STILL | 2006 | Apace/Bar De Lune
Solo work from the Zero 7 singer. JH plays on (and co-writes with Guy Sigsworth) ‘Venus Rise’.
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Hadouk Trio | UTOPIES | 2006 | Naive
Didier Malherbe (ex-Gong) with Steve Shehan (2006 Maarifa Street group) and Loy Ehrlich. JH plays on and co-writes ‘Parasol Blanc’ and ‘Hijaz’.
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Ry Cooder | CHÁVEZ RAVINE | 2005 | Nonesuch
Epic, critically-lauded album featuring an all-star cast of LA musicians including JH on ‘Don’t Call Me Red’.
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Parallax Beat Brothers | AUTEK | 2005 | Bette
‘Fluttering and intricate rhythms meet melancholic minimalism and abstract moods.’ Pete Lockett and Scanner with JH on two tracks.
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Lightwave | BLEUE COMME UNE ORANGE | 2004 | Signature
The French electronic ensemble play Scriabin-inspired chamber music. JH on one track, ‘Huang Hong’.
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Alexkid | MINT | 2003 | F Communications
Poppy French electronica from Alexis Mauri with JH on trumpet for slow atmospheric track ‘Mint’. Lineup also features Jean Philippe Rykiel on keyboards, a member of the JH musical circle from Power Spot onwards.
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Ibrahim Ferrer | BUENOS HERMANOS | 2003 | Nonesuch
Ry Cooder-produced solo album from the Buena Vista Social Club singer. Features all the usual recent Cooder regulars plus JH on trumpet.
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Frou Frou | DETAILS | 2002 | MCA
Electro-pop from Imogen Heap and Guy Sigsworth. JH provides trumpet and also receives a co-writing credit on ‘Flicks’ and ‘The Dumbing Down of Love’. A later edition of this release includes an extra track, ‘Old Piano’, also co-written by JH.
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Howie B | FOLK | 2001 | Polydor
Following from the Baaba Maal meeting (below), JH is back with Howie B for one track, ‘Tap Dancer’.
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Rick Cox | MARIA FALLING AWAY | 2001 | Cold Blue
Ambient guitar from JH collaborator (Fascinoma, Maarifa Street) with JH on session trumpet.
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Nick Wood | SOUND VIRUS | 2001 | Milan
JH provides trumpet. Mastered by Seigen Ono.
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Ani DiFranco | REVELLING/RECKONING | Righteous Babe | 2001
Double-album set with JH on trumpet along with other guests such as Maceo Parker.
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Manhattan Transfer | SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS | 2001 | Atlantic
Collection of smooth jazz standards.
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Mandalay | INSTINCT | 2000 | V2
Second album from the group with JH playing trumpet again on ‘Don’t Invent Me’ and ‘It’s Enough Now’. Also available in a double-disc edition entitled Solace.
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Ronu Majumdar, Ry Cooder, Jon Hassell, Abhijit Banarjee | HOLLOW BAMBOO | 2000 | Water Lily Acoustics
Majumdar’s basuri flute is featured on Fascinoma and is here accompanied by Cooder and others with JH on ‘African Queen’ and ‘A Day For Trade Winds’.
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Various artists — OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music | 2000 | Ellipsis Arts
An impressive three-disc collection of some of the landmark works of electronic music. The JH piece here is from Sulla Strada. | 3-12 Jon Hassell—Before And After Charm (La Notte) (7:59)
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kd lang | INVINCIBLE SUMMER | 2000 | Warner
kd lang’s fourth solo album with JH once again providing session trumpet.
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Björk | ALL IS FULL OF LOVE (remix) | 1999 | One Little Indian
The single with the renowned Chris Cunningham erotic robots video. In a double-CD set of different mixes the second disc included a mix by Guy Sigsworth which features JH on multi-tracked trumpet.
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David Toop | HOT PANTS IDOL | 1999 | Barooni
Toop collaborates with a different guest on each track, including Bill Laswell, Paul Schütze and Talvin Singh. JH with long-time Toop collaborator Max Eastley on ‘Wing Beats’.
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Mandalay | EMPATHY | 1998 | V2
Atmospheric Portishead-style trip-hoppery featuring JH on solo trumpet.
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Baaba Maal | NOMAD SOUL | 1998 | Palm Pictures
Acclaimed poly-cultural album from the African singer. JH on final track, 12-minute ‘Lam Lam’, with Howie B and Brian Eno.
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Little Plastic Castle | Ani DiFranco | LITTLE PLASTIC CASTLE | Righteous Babe | 1998
JH on 14-minute final track, ‘Pulse’.
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Grace | IF I COULD FLY | 1997 | Warner Bros
A pop/trance project from DJ Paul Oakenfold. JH guests on ‘Don’t Call Me (You’re Not Mine)’.
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Jackson Browne | NEXT VOICE YOU HEAR: The Best of Jackson Browne | 1997 | Elektra
JH on new track, ‘The Next Voice You Hear’, produced by T-Bone Burnett.
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Holly Cole | DARK DEAR HEART | 1997 | Blue Note
Light cover versions and some standards from the singer with JH on guest trumpet.
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kd lang | DRAG | 1997 | Warner Bros
A collection of sensual cover versions with smoke, cigarettes and smoking as the theme. JH in jazz-inflected trumpet mode.
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Nobukazu Takemura | UNRELEASED REMIXES | 1996 | Toy’s Factory
One for the serious collector: three electronica pieces from Takemura remixed by different artists, including Aphex Twin. JH remixes the second version of ‘For Tomorrow’. Vinyl only.
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SEAL UNPLUGGED | 1996 | MTV
The usual MTV live arrangement with JH on session trumpet. To date, no CD or video available but the song ‘Kiss From A Rose’ is on The Very Best of MTV Unplugged.
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David Toop | PINK NOIR | 1996 | Virgin
JH joins tabla master Talvin Singh on the track ‘Slow Loris vs Poison Snail’.
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Various artists | OCEAN OF SOUND | 1996 | Virgin
Double-disc collection of mostly ambient music accompanying David Toop’s book of the same name. JH track is from Aka-Darbari-Java / Magic Realism. | 1-04 Jon Hassell—Empire iii (6:58)
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Techno Animal | RE-ENTRY | 1995 | Virgin
Ex-Godflesh/God members Martin and Broadrick form post-Industrial heavy dub Goliath. JH on two tracks, ‘Flight of the Hermaphrodite’ and ‘Needle Park’.
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Stina Nordenstam | AND SHE CLOSED HER EYES | 1993 | East-West
JH on unadorned trumpet accompanying the distinctive Swedish singer.
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Various artists | AI CONFINI/INTERZONE | 1993 | New Tone
Anthology of new/leftfield music. The JH piece is exclusive to this album. | 1 Jon Hassell—Pygmy Dance (6.13)
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Marc Beacco | THE CROCODILE SMILE | 1991 | Nova
Album by French singer. JH plays on/co-writes one track, ‘Funeral for a Flower’.
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Various artists | LES NOUVELLES POLYPHONIES CORSES | 1991 | Philips
Guest artists provide arrangements for Corsican folk singers. Musicians with JH include Hector Zazou, John Cale, Manu Dibango and Ryuichi Sakamoto. JH on three tracks.
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Tears for Fears | THE SEEDS OF LOVE | 1989 | Fontana
JH on ‘Standing on the Corner of the Third World’ and ‘Famous Last Words’.
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Various artists | MYTHS 3: LA NOUVELLE SÉRÉNITÉ | 1987 | Sub Rosa
Ambient anthology from the often hard-to-find Belgian label Sub Rosa. JH (with JA Deane) contributes the exclusive ‘Map of Dusk’, Recorded on the Day of Winter Solstice, 1985, NY. | 1 Jon Hassell—Map of Dusk (10.50)
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The Kronos Quartet | WHITE MAN SLEEPS | 1987 | Nonesuch
The Kronos Quartet record Hassell’s 13-minute string piece ‘Pano de Costa’ which they commissioned in 1983. Also includes works by Charles Ives, Ornette Coleman and Béla Bartók.
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Lloyd Cole | MAINSTREAM | 1987 | Polydor
JH on one track, ‘Big Snake’.
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David Sylvian w/Jon Hassell, Steve Jansen, Holger Czukay | WORDS WITH THE SHAMAN | 1985 | Virgin
Originally 12-inch vinyl, later a 3-inch CD and a cassette-only release with the long Sylvian piece ‘Steel Cathedrals’ (with Robert Fripp). | Reissued in 2003 on the remastered Alchemy—An Index of Possibilities, collecting all the WWTS tracks, ‘Steel Cathedrals’ and other instrumental pieces by Sylvian.
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David Sylvian | BRILLIANT TREES | 1984 | Virgin
JH joins fellow Stockhausen classmate Holger Czukay on Sylvian’s solo debut. Some CD editions include the Words with the Shaman EP as extra tracks. Reissued in a new edition in 2003.
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Brian Eno | AMBIENT 4: ON LAND | 1982 | Editions EG
Eno journeys deeper into ambient abstraction. JH on one track, ‘Shadow’, accompanied by synthetic crickets and other night sounds.
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Various Artists | MUSIC AND RHYTHM | 1982 | WEA
Landmark double-vinyl compilation put together by Peter Gabriel to coincide with the first WOMAD festival, where JH was also one of the guest performers. The version of ‘Ba-Benzélé’ here is an exclusive live recording from the Ontario College of Art, 1981. | A 13-track CD which includes the JH piece, The Best of Music and Rhythm, was released in Japan a few years later. | 14 Jon Hassell—Ba-Benzélé
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Talking Heads | REMAIN IN LIGHT | 1980 | Sire
JH enters the pop world playing on ‘Houses in Motion’.
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La Monte Young | DREAM HOUSE 78′ 17’’ | 1973 | Shandar
Minimalist classic on the Shandar label. Vinyl-only and highly sought after, to date there are no CD reissues. JH plays on one side, trombonist Garrett List on the other.
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Peter Gabriel | BIRDY | 1968 | CBS
JH featured on this first recording only.1985 | Virgin | Gabriel reworks pieces from his ethnic-styled fourth solo album with contributions from JH and Daniel Lanois.