(idm) Re: steve reich / Ken Ishii

From H James Harkins
Sent Fri, Jan 16th 1998, 17:29

On Fri, 16 Jan 1998, Irene McC wrote:

(me, first):
> > the new performance of 18 musicians recorded for this set is
> > supposed to blow the old one out of the water 
> 
> The one I've heard (recorded in '78) features KEN ISHII on cello.
> Whoo-hoo  :-)  And his is the *only* photo that doesn't have a name
> next to it... though it's pretty easy to work out -  (Japanese man
> with cello- doh ). 

I asked about this on IDM some time ago, and to my great surprise, was 
told that it's not the same Ken Ishii. !!??? That's got to be correct, 
b/c I saw a photo of Ishii (aka Flare etc., not the cello guy) in a 
mixmag and he looked much too young to have been hangin' with Steve Reich 
in the 70's. It's odd, though, two Ken Ishii's running around with a 
predilection for detailed, intricate repetitive music... but stranger 
things have happened, I suppose.                                        J
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