Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street

2009 studio album by Jon Hassell

Studio album by

Jon Hassell

Released

February 10, 2009 (2009-02-10)

Genre

Avant-garde

Length

63:48

Label

ECMECM 2077

Producer

Manfred Eicher, Jon Hassell

Jon Hassell chronology

Maarifa Street: Magic Realism Volume Two
(2005)

Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street
(2009)

Listening to Pictures
(2018)

Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street is a studio album by Jon Hassell, r. It was released on ECM on February 10, 2009.^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Aurora"	Jan Bang Jon Hassell	5:22
2.	"Time and Place"		3:48
3.	"Abu Gil"		13:04
4.	"Last Night the Moon Came"		11:15
5.	"Clairvoyance"		1:05
6.	"Courtrais"		5:44
7.	"Scintilla"		0:50
8.	"Northline"	Peter Freeman Hassell	6:43
9.	"Blue Period"		7:58
10.	"Light on Water"		7:59

Personnel

Recorded at Studios La Buisonne, Pernes-le-Fontaines in April 2008. Track 6 recorded live in Courtrais, Belgium. Tracks 3, 8 and 10 recorded live at Kings Place, London, November 2008. Track 9 is a remix of "Amsterdam Blue" that first appeared in Wim Wenders' film "The Million Dollar Hotel".

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Musicians

Jon Hassell – trumpet, keyboards
Peter Freeman – bass, laptop
Jan Bang - live sampling
Rick Cox – guitar
Jamie Muhoberac – keyboard, laptop
Kheir-Eddine M’Kachiche – violin
Eivind Aarset – guitar
Helge Norbakken – drum
Pete Lockett – drums
Dino J.A. Deane – live sampling

Technical personnel

Manfred Eicher – production
Jon Hassell – co-production
Peter Freeman – co-production, editor, mixing engineer
Sascha Kleis – design
Gérald Minkoff – cover photo

References

^ Sherburne, Philip (9 August 2009). "Jon Hassell: Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street". Pitchfork. Retrieved 5 October 2020.