Jon Hassell, avant garde US composer, dies aged 84

Family and fellow musicians pay tribute to inventor of influential fourth world' musical aesthetic

Jon Hassell, the influential American avant garde composer who invented the global-minded fourth world" musical aesthetic, has died aged 84. In a statement, his family said the iconic trumpet player, author and composer" died in the early hours of 26 June, after just over a year of health complications.

In spring 2020, Hassell broke his leg in a fall at his recording studio and spent four months recuperating in hospital, in isolation owing to the coronavirus pandemic.