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Mototeru Takagi (高木元輝) (28 December 1941 - December 2002) was a Japanese tenor saxophone player, known for playing in a distinctive and powerful free jazz style. He played with many of the most important Japanese free groups and musicians during the seventies, such as ESSG and those of Masahiko Togashi, Motoharu Yoshizawa and Masayuki Takayanagi.

Takagi was born in Osaka in 1941, but grew up in Yokohama. During his younger years, he spent time in the bands of players like Charlie Ishiguro and Hisashi Sakurai, but only really began developing his distinctive free style when he joined the Motoharu Yoshizawa Trio in 1968. The following year he joined Togashi's Quartet and ESSG. After Togashi's accident, Takagi played briefly with Masayuki Takayangi's New Direction Unit and in a duo with percussionist Sabu Toyozumi. From November 1973 he spent one year playing in France, returning to Japan in November 1974. Takagi recorded very few
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MOTOTERU TAKAGI 高木元輝 Takagi Et Kako Quartet : Jazz A Maison De Japon, Paris album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Takagi Et Kako Quartet : Jazz A Maison De Japon, Paris
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MOTOTERU TAKAGI 高木元輝 Solo At Makaya Temple album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
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MOTOTERU TAKAGI 高木元輝 2002 11 Feb. at Kuku album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
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MOTOTERU TAKAGI 高木元輝 The People United Will Never Be Defeated!: Solo Improvisation album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
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MOTOTERU TAKAGI 高木元輝 Love Dance ~ Solo Live at Galerie de Cafe 伝 Tokyo 1987-1997 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Love Dance ~ Solo Live at Galerie de Cafe 伝 Tokyo 1987-1997
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MOTOTERU TAKAGI 高木元輝 Duo & Solo Live at Galerie de Cafe Cafe 伝 Tokyo 1987・1989 album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Duo & Solo Live at Galerie de Cafe Cafe 伝 Tokyo 1987・1989
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MOTOTERU TAKAGI 高木元輝 Seishin - Seido album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Seishin - Seido
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