NTS aired an episode dedicated to the music of Jon Hassell on 30 June 2021. Jon Hassell has been played over 350 times on NTS, first on 11 February 2014. Jon Hassell's music has been featured on 304 episodes.

Jon Hassell (born March 22, 1937, Memphis, Tennessee, died June 26, 2021) was an American musician and trumpet player. He is most well-known for his special trumpet technique learned from training with Indian classical musicians such as singer Pandit Pran Nath. Hassell learned to apply a unique style of trumpet playing by mimicking Nath's vocal stylings, and later connected with Brian Eno and began using harmonizer…