Power Spot is an album by American trumpet player and composer Jon Hassell

Jon Hassell

Jon Hassell is an American trumpet player and composer. He is known for his influence in the world music scene and his unusual electronic manipulation of the trumpet sound.-Life and career:...

 recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ECM label.

Reception

The Allmusic review by Mark Kirschenmann awarded the album 4 stars stating "While not as stunning as Possible Musics

Possible Musics

Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics is an album by Brian Eno and Jon Hassell, released in 1980.-Overview:"Fourth World" is a term used by trumpeter Jon Hassell to describe a style of music employing modern technological treatments and influenced by various cultures and eras...

, Power Spot is nonetheless one of the most significant recordings from this utterly unique musician".

Track listing

All compositions by Jon Hassell

1. "Power Spot" - 7:07
2. "Passage D.E." - 5:25
3. "Solaire" - 6:49
4. "Miracle Steps" - 4:21
5. "Wing Melodies" - 7:33
6. "The Elephant and the Orchid" - 11:08
7. "Air" - 5:20

Recorded at Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Canada in October 1983 and December 1984

Personnel

• Jon Hassell
  Jon Hassell
  Jon Hassell is an American trumpet player and composer. He is known for his influence in the world music scene and his unusual electronic manipulation of the trumpet sound.-Life and career:...
  
   - trumpet
  Trumpet
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• J. A. Deane
  J. A. Deane
  J.A. Deane is a musician, performing sometimes on trombone, but more often on synthesizers and live, real-time sampler.Deane appeared on the pioneering 1985 live recording of Cobra by John Zorn. He has recorded with Jon Hassell, and has performed extensively with Butch Morris...
  
   - acoustic and electronic percussion, alto flute
  Alto flute
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• Jean-Philippe Rykiel
  Jean-Philippe Rykiel
  Jean-Philippe Rykiel is a French composer, arranger & musician, primarily a keyboard player. He has been blind since his birth in 1961, and is the son of fashion designer Sonia Rykiel.-Career:...
  
   - electronic keyboards, facsimile bass, percussion, strings, etc.
• Michael Brook
  Michael Brook
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   - guitar
  Guitar
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  , electronic treatments (tracks 1, 2 & 6)
• Richard Horowitz
  Richard Horowitz
  Richard Horowitz is a composer, producer, arranger, and musician .He is best known for his work on The Sheltering Sky, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci, which was awarded the 1990 Golden Globe and LA Film Critics Music Awards; Any Given Sunday, directed by Oliver Stone, which was awarded the 2000...
  
   - electronic keyboards (tracks 1 & 2)
• Brian Eno
  Brian Eno
  Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno , commonly known as Brian Eno or simply as Eno , is an English musician, composer, record producer, singer and visual artist, known as one of the principal innovators of ambient music.Eno studied at Colchester Institute art school in Essex,...
  
   - electric bass
  Electric Bass
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   (tracks 3 & 5)
• Richard Armin, Paul Armin - RAAD electro-acoustic strings (tracks 2 & 4)
• Miguel Frasconi
  Miguel Frasconi
  Miguel Frasconi is an American composer who often uses improvisation, electronics, and experimental musical instruments. He is well known for his use of new glass instruments, and was a founding member of The Glass Orchestra from 1977 to 1986. In 1979, he received his B.F.A...
  
   - flute
  Flute
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  (track 7)