KAORU ABE

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This self-taught Japanese maniac died of a drug overdose at 29, but left behind a string of albums, mostly live recordings and mostly solo. He also collaborated with some notable skronk-minded improvisers, though, including guitarist Derek Bailey, trumpeter Toshinori Kondo, and drummer Milford Graves, among others. While he could muster an unholy screech, his command of the saxophone’s dynamic range allowed him to teleport between melancholy, genuinely beautiful melodies and a sinus-clearing, post-Ayler shriek almost instantaneously.

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To some listeners, this avant-garde Japanese player from the '70s wins the sweepstakes for the most abrasive saxophone sound in history, an important competition indeed in this genre. With some saxophonists claiming their tone can remove coats of varnish from antiques, cook a 20-pound goose in one hour, or even wound a small rodent at 200 feet, there is no denying the impact of Kaoru Abe on alto sax; and on
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KAORU ABE Discography

KAORU ABE albums / top albums

KAORU ABE Studio Session 1976.3.12 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Studio Session 1976.3.12
Avant-Garde Jazz 1992

KAORU ABE EPs & splits

KAORU ABE The Last Recording album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
The Last Recording
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
KAORU ABE 阿部, 高柳  ‎: ライヴ・アット・ステーション’70 = Live At Station'70 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
阿部, 高柳 ‎: ライヴ・アット・ステーション’70 = Live At Station'70
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020

KAORU ABE live albums

KAORU ABE Mort à crédit album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Mort à crédit
Avant-Garde Jazz 1976
KAORU ABE Abe-Toyozumi Duo : Overhang-Party - A Memorial To Kaoru Abe album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Abe-Toyozumi Duo : Overhang-Party - A Memorial To Kaoru Abe
Avant-Garde Jazz 1979
KAORU ABE Partitas-Unfinished album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Partitas-Unfinished
Avant-Garde Jazz 1981
KAORU ABE 北 [Nord] Duo '75 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
北 [Nord] Duo '75
Avant-Garde Jazz 1981
KAORU ABE Last Date 8. 28, 1978 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Last Date 8. 28, 1978
Avant-Garde Jazz 1989
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol.1 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol.1
Avant-Garde Jazz 1990
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol.2 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol.2
Avant-Garde Jazz 1990
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol.3 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol.3
Avant-Garde Jazz 1990
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 4 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 4
Avant-Garde Jazz 1990
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 5 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 5
Avant-Garde Jazz 1990
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 6 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 6
Avant-Garde Jazz 1990
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 7 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 7
Avant-Garde Jazz 1991
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 8 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 8
Avant-Garde Jazz 1991
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 9 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 9
Avant-Garde Jazz 1991
KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 10 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya Vol. 10
Avant-Garde Jazz 1991
KAORU ABE またの日の夢物語 Solo  1972.1.21.(Mata no Hi no Yume Monogatari) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
またの日の夢物語 Solo 1972.1.21.(Mata no Hi no Yume Monogatari)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1994
KAORU ABE Trio 1970年3月, 新宿 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Trio 1970年3月, 新宿
Avant-Garde Jazz 1995
KAORU ABE Live At Gaya album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Gaya
Avant-Garde Jazz 1995
KAORU ABE 光輝く忍耐 Solo 1972.4.11 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
光輝く忍耐 Solo 1972.4.11
Avant-Garde Jazz 1995
KAORU ABE アカシアの雨がやむとき (Akasia No Ame Ga Yamutoki) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
アカシアの雨がやむとき (Akasia No Ame Ga Yamutoki)
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
KAORU ABE 暗い日曜日 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
暗い日曜日
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
KAORU ABE 風に吹かれて 1971 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
風に吹かれて 1971
Avant-Garde Jazz 1997
KAORU ABE Aida's Call album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Aida's Call
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE 阿部薫 + 吉沢元治 : Live At Passe-Tamps 6 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
阿部薫 + 吉沢元治 : Live At Passe-Tamps 6
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 7 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 7
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 8 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 8
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 9 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 9
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 10 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 10
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 11 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 11
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 12 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 12
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 13 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 13
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 14 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 14
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 15 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 15
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 16 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 16
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 17 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 17
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Live At Passe-Tamps 18 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Live At Passe-Tamps 18
Avant-Garde Jazz 1999
KAORU ABE Jazz Bed Duo 1971.1.24 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Jazz Bed Duo 1971.1.24
Avant-Garde Jazz 2000
KAORU ABE 木曜日の夜 [Mokuyôbi no Yoru] album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
木曜日の夜 [Mokuyôbi no Yoru]
Avant-Garde Jazz 2003
KAORU ABE Kaoru Abe & Sabu Toyozumi : Overhang Party / Senzei album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kaoru Abe & Sabu Toyozumi : Overhang Party / Senzei
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
KAORU ABE Winter 1972 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Winter 1972
Avant-Garde Jazz 2004
KAORU ABE What Beyond (aka Winter 1972) album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
What Beyond (aka Winter 1972)
Avant-Garde Jazz 2009
KAORU ABE 遥かな旅路 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
遥かな旅路
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
KAORU ABE 阿部薫 、 井上敬三 、 中村達也  :  Live At 八王子アローン Sep.3, 1977 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
阿部薫 、 井上敬三 、 中村達也 : Live At 八王子アローン Sep.3, 1977
Avant-Garde Jazz 2015
KAORU ABE Kaoru Abe / Sabu Toyozumi : Banka album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Kaoru Abe / Sabu Toyozumi : Banka
Avant-Garde Jazz 2018
KAORU ABE Kaoru Abe / Sabu Toyozumi ‎: Mannyoka album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Kaoru Abe / Sabu Toyozumi ‎: Mannyoka
Avant-Garde Jazz 2018
KAORU ABE 19770916 @ AYLER. Sapporo album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
19770916 @ AYLER. Sapporo
Avant-Garde Jazz 2020

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KAORU ABE re-issues & compilations

KAORU ABE Solo Live At Gaya : Complete Box album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solo Live At Gaya : Complete Box
Avant-Garde Jazz 1995
KAORU ABE CD Box 1970-1973 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
CD Box 1970-1973
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012
KAORU ABE 未発表音源+初期音源 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
未発表音源+初期音源
Avant-Garde Jazz 2012

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