Personal Info
Known For
Sound
Known Credits
2
Gender
Male
Birthday
1949-05-05
Day of Death
1978-09-09 (29 years old)
Place of Birth
Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Also Known As
阿部 薫
Kaoru Abe
Biography
Kaoru Abe (阿部 薫, Abe Kaoru) was an influential 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,[1] although he generally performed solo. He was married to the author Izumi Suzuki, and a cousin to singer Kyu Sakamoto. He was portrayed in Kōji Wakamatsu's film Endless Waltz by punk rock singer Kō Machida. He is not to be confused with the Japanese actor Kaoru Abe. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
