https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZsEHsRW54A Going back to the current October theme of discussing vital Japanese musicians, this article features a prominent look at avant-garde saxophonist Kaoru Abe. Abe was a significant part of the experimental avante-garde free jazz genre, pushing the genre forward with his powerful sax and writing. Abe began as a self-taught musician in the late