''Power Spot'' is an album by the 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 w ...

. It was released in 1986 through

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accessed September 27, 2011 It was recorded in 1983 and 1984. The cover art reproduces the Whirling Snakes or Whirling Mountain sandpainting 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)
Sandpaintings of the Navajo Shooting Chant
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 musical ensemble, ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest Register (music), register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitche ...

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

alto flute The alto flute is an instrument in the Western concert flute family, pitched below the standard C flute and the uncommon flûte d'amour. It is the third most common member of its family after the standard C flute and the piccolo. It is chara ...

* Jean-Philippe Rykiel - electronic keyboards, facsimile bass,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

, strings, etc. *

Michael Brook Michael Brook (born 1951) is a Canadian guitarist, inventor, music producer, and film music composer. He plays in many genres, including rock, electronica, world music, minimalism and film scores. His collaborations with musicians around the worl ...

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

, electronic treatments (tracks 1, 2 & 6) * Richard Horowitz - electronic keyboards (tracks 1 & 2) *

Brian Eno Brian Peter George Jean-Baptiste de la Salle Eno (, born 15 May 1948), also mononymously known as Eno, is an English musician, songwriter, record producer, visual artist, and activist. He is best known for his pioneering contributions to ambien ...

electric bass The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an electric but with a longer neck and scale leng ...

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

flute The flute is a member of a family of musical instruments in the woodwind group. Like all woodwinds, flutes are aerophones, producing sound with a vibrating column of air. Flutes produce sound when the player's air flows across an opening. In th ...

(track 7)

References

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