any other koto player i've seen pales next to the one time i was fortunate enought to see her. even though such comparisons are idiotice, she is the cecil taylor of her instrument. bridges flying off the board, and she remaining in complete control, and working up a sweat. her solo disc on tzadik i highly recommend. she is also in the group hoahio with haco and (formerly) sachiko m. they have two releases, one on tzadik that has to be in my top five tzadik titles (oops, didn't mean to start a thread there). sachiko has left the group, and i believe they are continuing on as a duo. hoahio is definitely avant pop. it's songs. and it's really great. kurt _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail&xAPID=42&PS=47575&PI=7324&D... http://www.hotmail.msn.com/cgi-bin/getmsg&HL=1216hotmailtaglines_addphotos_3...