Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street

by Jon Hassell

Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 10 February 2009
  • Label: ECM
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:03:53
  • Community rating: 3.9/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Drawing its evocative title from a poem by the 13th-century Sufi mystic Rumi, this late-career masterpiece by the 'Fourth World' pioneer is heavily centered on deeply atmospheric, nocturnal jazz. The composer's signature, heavily harmonized trumpet breathes over a bed of live electronic sampling, subterranean bass, and shuffling acoustic percussion. The release is widely celebrated as one of the most sensual and enveloping works of modern ambient jazz.

Genres

Descriptors: instrumental, atmospheric, ambient, live, experimental, improvised

Tracklist

  1. Aurora (5:22)
  2. Time And Place (3:48)
  3. Abu Gil - Live (13:04)
  4. Last Night The Moon Came (11:15)
  5. Clairvoyance (1:05)
  6. Courtrais - Live (5:44)
  7. Scintilla (0:50)
  8. Northline - Live (6:43)
  9. Blue Period (7:58)
  10. Light On Water - Live (7:59)

Credits

  • Helge Norbakken - drums
  • Peter Lockett - drums
  • Eivind Aarset - guitar, loops [guitar loop]
  • Rick Cox - guitar, strings
  • Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards [keyboard], drums
  • Steve Shehan - percussion
  • J.A. Deane - sampler [live sampling]
  • Jan Bang - sampler [live sampling], written-by [co-written by], sampler

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