Kaoru Abe
(Youth Inc., YOUTH-165) (Japan) (4-CD set)
Disc 1: Kaoru Abe/Masayuki Takayanagi Duo
Masayuki Takayanagi: guitar
Kaoru Abe: alto saxophone, bass clarinet, shakuhachi with reed
Recorded live at Station '70, Shibuya, Tokyo, July 9, 1970
The performance on this disc is incomplete; the last seven and a half minutes are cut. The entire performance is included in the original release of 2001 on Diw Records.
Disc 2: Kaoru Abe/Masayuki Takayanagi Duo
Masayuki Takayanagi: guitar
Kaoru Abe: alto saxophone, shakuhachi with reed
Recorded live at Station '70, Shibuya, Tokyo, July 9, 1970
This disc contains one track with two performances. The second performance is incomplete; the last 10 minutes are cut. The entire performance is included in the original release of 2001 on Diw Records (which has two tracks).
Disc 3: Kaoru Abe Solo
Recorded in 1973
Performance location unknown
Disc 4: Kaoru Abe Duo
Name of the drummer playing with Kaoru Abe, and performance date and location, unknown
On tracks 4 and 5, the sounds of other musicians besides Kaoru Abe and the drummer can be heard.
Photo by Yuji Itsumi
Released in May 2012
Disc 1 originally released in 2001 as a CD on Diw Records (DIW-425) with the title Gradually Projection
Disc 2 originally released in 2001 as a CD on Diw Records (DIW-424) with the title Mass Projection
Disc 3 track 3 originally released in January 2012 on Kaoru Abe's 7-CD set CD Box 1970-1973 on Youth Inc. (YOUTH-142)
Disc 3 tracks 1 and 2, and Disc 4, previously unreleased