''Power Spot'' is an album by American trumpet player and composer

Jon Hassell Jon Hassell (March 22, 1937 – June 26, 2021) was an American trumpet player and composer. He was best known for developing the concept of "Fourth World" music, which describes a "unified primitive/futurist sound" combining elements of various ...

recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ECM label.ECM discography
accessed September 27, 2011 The cover art reproduces the Whirling Snakes or Whirling Mountain

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of the Navajo Shooting Chant, one of the most important and most complex of the Navajo healing ceremonies.Newcomb, Franc Johnson and Reichard, Gladys A (1937)
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pp.53, 78, plate 10.

Reception

The

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review by Mark Kirschenmann awarded the album 4 stars stating "While not as stunning as '' Possible Musics'', ''Power Spot'' is nonetheless one of the most significant recordings from this utterly unique musician".Kirschenmann, M
Allmusic Review
accessed September 27, 2011

Track listing

:''All compositions by Jon Hassell'' # "Power Spot" - 7:07 # "Passage D.E." - 5:25 # "Solaire" - 6:49 # "Miracle Steps" - 4:21 # "Wing Melodies" - 7:33 # "The Elephant and the Orchid" - 11:08 # "Air" - 5:20 :''Recorded at Grant Avenue Studio in Hamilton, Canada in October 1983 and December 1984''

Personnel

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

* J. A. Deane - acoustic and electronic percussion, alto flute *

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electronic keyboards An electronic keyboard, portable keyboard, or digital keyboard is an electronic musical instrument, an electronic derivative of keyboard instruments. Electronic keyboards include synthesizers, digital pianos, stage pianos, electronic organs ...

, facsimile bass,

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, strings, etc. *

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guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected strin ...

, electronic treatments (tracks 1, 2 & 6) *

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(tracks 1 & 2) * Brian Eno -

electric bass The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and s ...

(tracks 3 & 5) *Richard Armin, Paul Armin - RAAD electro-acoustic strings (tracks 2 & 4) * Miguel Frasconi - flute (track 7)

References

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