Kaoru Abe

Personal Info

Known For Sound

Gender Male

Birthday 1949-05-05

Deathday 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

Known For

Sound

1978
Serial Rapist

as Original Music Composer

Actor

1978
Serial Rapist

as Musician