A musical serial. Episode 41: Last night the moon came dropping its clothes in the street.
The album Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street by Jon Hassell. Last week we mentioned Hassel’s concept of the Fourth World, music for a melting pot of different cultures in the modern age. Last Night The Moon Came is a marvelous album in this style. The album clearly owes to African and Indian cultures, as well as the work of Miles Davis with Teo Macero (see Sensenta #15 as well). A wonderful mixture of electronics, jazz and modern classical music.
Playlist:
00:45 Jon Hassell – Aurora
05:54 Jon Hassell – Time and Place
09:42 Jon Hassell – Abu Gil
22:44 Jon Hassell – Courtrais
28:28 Jon Hassell – Scintilla
29:19 Jon Hassell – Northline
36:00 Jon Hassell – Light on Water
43:41 Jon Hassell – Clairvoyance / Scintilla / Abu Gil
47:29 Jon Hassell – Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street
Sources:
Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street, 2009, ECM Records ECM 2077
Sensenta is a programme about long attention spans. Every episode slowly changes hue, and every next episode picks up where the last one left off. This a creates a musical serial, a chain of episodes, touching on different genres at it goes. You’re welcome to join in and give us your opinion. Where should this chain go next? Send us an e-mail at harrold@concertzender.nl, or follow Sensenta on social media.
