clifford_thornton Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 Sad news from the Japanese jazz & electric fusion front: Ryo Kawasaki has passed at age 73. I'm not seeing a cause of death but I am seeing this bit of unfortunate circumstance from a year ago: https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ryo-kawasaki RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gheorghe Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 really sad, much to young to die. I became aware of him in the 70´s , really interesting musician. I think he was presented at the Austrian "Jazz shop" radio show, that´s where I became aware of him first....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
randyhersom Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 His solo on Sunshower, from Tarika Blue - The Blue Path has always been a favorite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Bresnahan Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 RIP Kawasaki-san. I listened to some of your music but I wasn't a huge fan. I never was able to confirm if it was actually him, but I once had an E-mail dialog with him about CD audio stemming from a post he made to the old rec.music.bluenote newsgroup. He claimed that every time you played a CD, the laser burned off some of the plastic. I tried showing him the science to prove that this was not possible but he said he could hear the difference in his CDs every time he played them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clifford_thornton Posted April 14, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 44 minutes ago, bresna said: I never was able to confirm if it was actually him, but I once had an E-mail dialog with him about CD audio stemming from a post he made to the old rec.music.bluenote newsgroup. He claimed that every time you played a CD, the laser burned off some of the plastic. I tried showing him the science to prove that this was not possible but he said he could hear the difference in his CDs every time he played them. Sounds like him. He was deeply into synthesizers and computer music, and also seemed like a rather eccentric cat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgcim Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 Sad to hear, I've worked with many Japanese jazz musicians, and they always raved about him. RIP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dmitry Posted April 14, 2020 Report Share Posted April 14, 2020 I believe this is his Youtube channel. https://www.youtube.com/user/artoftube/videos Lots of videos on how to make a lot of money trading foreign currencies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CJ Shearn Posted April 15, 2020 Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 (edited) RIP 13 hours ago, bresna said: RIP Kawasaki-san. I listened to some of your music but I wasn't a huge fan. I never was able to confirm if it was actually him, but I once had an E-mail dialog with him about CD audio stemming from a post he made to the old rec.music.bluenote newsgroup. He claimed that every time you played a CD, the laser burned off some of the plastic. I tried showing him the science to prove that this was not possible but he said he could hear the difference in his CDs every time he played them. That is... odd. Playing a CD I've had for 25 years right now and no evidence the plastic is burned off Edited April 15, 2020 by CJ Shearn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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