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Jon Hassell
Artist Icon Flash of the Spirit (1988)
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Taking a vacation from abstraction, Hassell kicks out a near set of dance tunes with Burkino Faso musicians, Farafina. So great is his exhilaration, he even gives us peeks at the natural timbre of his trumpet.
Flash of the Spirit is one of the albums that played a very important part in the development of the world music concept and scene. Jon Hassell's unique trumpet sound meets African traditional musics.
Founded in the early '80s, Farafina plays traditional music, inspired by the dances and songs of their medecine men, mixing together balafons, flutes and koras.
Farafina is still a very active band, teaching traditional musics to young African people, linking traditions with modernity, creating new musical landscapes where the instruments and the knowledge from the past meet digital technologies.
It was produced by Hassell, Daniel Lanois, and Brian Eno.

Jon Hassell ... trumpet, keyboards
Soungalo Coulibaly ... flute, percussion
Baba Diarra ... percussion, balafon
Tiawara Keira ... drums
Mahama Konaté ... balafon
Tiawara Nei-ta ... drums
Ben Palm ... drums
Seydou Quattara ... drums
Souleyname Sanou ... percussion
Paco Ye ... drums, djembe
Mahama Konté ... balafon
Dan Schwartz ... bass

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxK9gH7csrs

01. Flash of the Spirit (Laughter) 6:46
02. Night Moves (Fear) 2:24
03. Air Afrique (Wind) 4:59
04. Out Pours (Kongo) Blue (Prayer) 7:14
05. Kaboo (Play) 3:54
06. (Like) Warriors Everywhere (Courage) 5:44
07. Dreamworld (Dance) 5:54
08. Tales of the Near Future (Clairvoyance) 4:19
09. A Vampire Dances (Symmetry) 4:00
10. Masque (Strength) 12:43
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