Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street

Last Night the Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes in the Street
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. It was released on ECM on February 10, 2009.

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

External links

• Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street at Discogs (list of releases)