Jon Hassell and Bluescreen

• Dressing for Pleasure [Warner Bros., 1994] A-

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• Jon Hassell
• Jon Hassell/Brian Eno
• Jon Hassell/Farafina
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Consumer Guide Reviews:

Dressing for Pleasure [Warner Bros., 1994]
Like they say, only never before with this guy, play loud--background it ain't. Hassell's untreated trumpet leads a multipedigreed avant-pop cusp band--from Praxis, Disposable Heroes, Tom Waits--through what most often sounds like that rare thing, good fusion. Miles and Eno, acid jazz, hip hop lessons, New Age world-music BS--all are here, with barely a hint of ripoff. The minimalist experimenter/dabbler's most conventional and convincing record. A-