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Kaoru Abe (阿部薫) (May 3, 1949 - September 9, 1978) was an influential Japanese Avant-garde alto saxophonist, who is often regarded as having the greatest abrasive saxophone sound.^[1]

He generally performed solo and died young from a drug overdose, which immortalized him in the jazz scene. He was married to the author Izumi Suzuki, and a cousin to singer Kyu Sakamoto.

References

• Yuko Morita (ed.). Abe Kaoru march 1980. Tokyo: Bunyusha, 1994 (Japanese)
• Soejima Teruto. Nihon furii jazu shi (日本フリージャズ史, The History of Japanese Free Jazz). Tokyo: Seidosha, 2002 (Japanese)

External links

• Kaoru Abe website, including an English discography
• Abe profile on allmusic.com
• Kaoru Abe reviews from Opprobrium magazine