Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Kaoru Abe

Studio Session 1976.3.12: The Documentary of Solo Improvisation

(Polystar Jazz Library, MTCJ-5522) (Japan) (CD)

  1. Piano (5:29)
  2. Harmonica (6:52)
  3. Harmonica (6:15)
  4. Alto Saxophone (4:38)
  5. Alto Saxophone (8:40)
  6. Alto Saxophone (44:49)

Kaoru Abe: piano (1), harmonica (2, 3), alto saxophone (4-6)

Recorded by Kunio Arai at Victor Big Box studio, Tokyo, March 12 and 13, 1976
Produced by Kuniya Inaoka, Kazuo Harada, and Tetsuo Fukushima
Photo by Yuji Itsumi
Design by Ko Hosakawa
Remastered by Seiji Kaneko at King Records Sekiguchidai Studios
Reissue design by Takafumi Kitsuda
Includes liner notes in Japanese by Yoshie Ono

Released in February 2004
Originally released on Vivid Sound in 1992