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About Kaoru Abe
Kaoru Abe was a Japanese avant-garde alto saxophonist. Self-taught at a young age, Abe performed with notables such as Motoharu Yoshizawa, Takehisa Kosugi, Yosuke Yamashita, Derek Bailey, and Milford Graves, although he generally performed solo. He was married to the author Izumi Suzuki, and was a nephew of singer Kyu Sakamoto. He was portrayed in Kōji Wakamatsu's film Endless Waltz by novelist and punk rock singer Kō Machida.
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- clarinetist, jazz musician, saxophonist
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Born
- May 3, 1949
- Died
- September 9, 1978
- Website
- http://www.yo.rim.or.jp/~t_okuno/ak.html