Power Spot Explained

Power Spot
Type:	Album
Artist:	Jon Hassell
Cover:	Power Spot.jpg
Released:	1986
Recorded:	October 1983 and December 1984
Length:	47:43
Label:	ECM
Producer:	Brian Eno and Daniel Lanois
Chronology:	Jon Hassell
Prev Year:	1983
Next Title:	The Surgeon of the Nightsky Restores Dead Things by the Power of Sound
Next Year:	1987

Power Spot is an album by American trumpet player and composer Jon Hassell recorded in 1983 and 1984 and released on the ECM label.^[1]

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.^{[2] [3]}

Reception

The Allmusic 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".^[4]

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 - trumpet
• J. A. Deane - acoustic and electronic percussion, alto flute
• Jean-Philippe Rykiel - electronic keyboards, facsimile bass, percussion, strings, etc.
• Michael Brook - guitar, electronic treatments (tracks 1, 2 & 6)
• Richard Horowitz - electronic keyboards (tracks 1 & 2)
• Brian Eno - electric bass (tracks 3 & 5)
• Richard Armin, Paul Armin - RAAD electro-acoustic strings (tracks 2 & 4)
• Miguel Frasconi - flute (track 7)

Notes and References

1. http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1300/1327.php ECM discography
2. https://www.ursusbooks.com/pages/books/160616/franc-j-newcomb/whirling-snakes-or-whirling-mt-sandpaintings-of-the-navajo-shooting-chant Whirling Snakes or Whirling Mt. Sandpaintings of the Navajo Shooting Chant
3. Newcomb, Franc Johnson and Reichard, Gladys A (1937). Sandpaintings of the Navajo Shooting Chant. pp.53, 78, plate 10.
4. Kirschenmann, M. Allmusic Review accessed September 27, 2011