ABE, KAORU - Solo 72

The late Kaoru Abe is a legend in the Japanese free Jazz underground, who died at the age of 29 over a decade ago. A few years ago the DIW label issued a fairly astounding 10 Volumes of his solo improv (his main instrument is alto sax, which he plays in a very free-form style). I believe he was friends with Haino (who wrote liner notes for Vol 6 of that series), although there are no available recordings of them together. - FE.