Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kaoru Abe

Solo Live at Gaya Vol. 1

(DIW Records, DIW-3034) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Sopranino Improvisation: Lonely Woman/Blowing with the Wind (13:24)
  2. Alto Sax Improvisation (12:55)
  3. Alto Sax Improvisation (11:47)
  4. Alto Sax Improvisation (10:41)

Kaoru Abe: sopranino saxophone (1), alto saxophone (2-4)

Produced by Emiko Gaya
Recorded live by Shinji Ohno at Gaya, Hatsudai, Tokyo, September 30, 1977 (1), October 29, 1977 (2), and December 17, 1977 (3, 4)
Cover painting by Kosaku Ishihara
Illustration by Emiko Gaya
Cover design by DIW Design Room
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Shinji Ohno and Masato Tomobe

Released in December 2011
Originally released in 1990 as a CD on DIW Records (DIW-371)