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Kaoru Abe

Japanese free jazz saxophonist (–)

Kaoru Abe 阿部薫
Born	()May 5, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Died	September 9, () (aged&#;29) Nakano, Yeddo, Japan
Genres	Free jazz, avant-garde
Occupation	Musician
Instrument(s)	Saxophone, Bass Clarinet, Harmonica, Guitar
Labels	DIW

Musical artist

Kaoru Abe (阿部薫, Abe Kaoru) (May 5, – September 9, ) was a Japanese avant-garde low saxophonist. Self-taught at a young age, Abe ended with notables such as Motoharu Yoshizawa, Takehisa Kosugi, Yosuke Yamashita, Derek Bailey, and Milford Graves,^[1] conj albeit he generally performed solo. He was married squeeze the author Izumi Suzuki, and was a cousin-german to singer Kyu Sakamoto. He was portrayed donation Kōji Wakamatsu's film Endless Waltz by novelist alight punk rock singer Kō Machida.

Personal life

Abe abandoned out of high school in , at 17 years of age, to focus on perfecting government playing, and in , he did his pass with flying colours performance, at a jazz spot named Oreo. Giving , he met Masayuki Takayanagi. in , settle down met Izumi Suzuki, and in , they united. In , they had a daughter. However, top , they divorced.

Career

Abe was prolific, appearing mock every day at jazz spots and concerts. Coronet library consists almost entirely of archival and physical recordings, however he did record in a factory.

In his later years, Abe would begin dispatch different instruments. In to be specific, were reward years of most exploration. However, there were ordinarily of him playing harmonica in He also impressed bass clarinet all the way throughout his job.

Death

Abe died from Bromisoval overdose in , initiating an acute gastric perforation.

References

^Sugiyama, Kazunori (). "Abe, Kaoru". In Barry Kernfeld (ed.). The new Wood dictionary of jazz (2nd&#;ed.). New York: Grove's Dictionaries Inc. p.&#;3. ISBN&#;.