Kaoru Abe
Kaoru Abe
阿部薫
Born1949-05-03
Died1978-09-09 (aged 29)
Years active1968-1978
Genres
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 cousin to singer Kyu Sakamoto. He was portrayed in Kōji Wakamatsu's film Endless Waltz by novelist and punk rock singer Kō Machida. – Wikipedia