70-Year Reich (it's ok, he's a Jew)

Steve Reich, the ground-breaking minimalist composer (and personal favorite of mine) turned 70 this week. Pretty important milestone I guess, so worth noting here. I can't think of another composer with whose body of work I'm so thoroughly taken. He's produced so much great stuff, it's hard to know where to begin. If you're wildly inquisitive and have some money to burn, the Works: 1965-1995 box set covers a lot of it (note: link to corporate retailer for convenience only; no endorsement intended). For the merely curious, I would be thrilled out of my pants to copy discs from the box set for you. Just ask.