Nobuo Hara
Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster
About Nobuo Hara
Lived 1926 – 2021 (aged 94). Nobuo Hara was a Japanese saxophonist, composer and bandleader.
Nobuo Tsukahara, better known as Nobuo Hara (November 19, 1926–June 21, 2021) was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
Hara was born in Toyama. He played in a military band during World War II and in a Tokyo officers' club after the war. He took leadership of the ensemble Sharps and Flats in 1952, which he would lead until the 1980s. This band recorded copiously and appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival. Sharps and Flats accompanied Chiemi Eri and included sidemen such as Masato Honda, Norio Maeda, Shotaro Moriyasu, and Akitoshi Igarashi.
Hara died of pneumonia on June 21, 2021, in Tokyo.
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Who was Nobuo Hara?
Japanese jazz saxophonist, composer, bandmaster (1926-2021)
When was Nobuo Hara born?
Nobuo Hara was born on 19 November 1926 in Toyama.
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Nobuo Hara died on 21 June 2021 in Tokyo.
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Nobuo Hara was a saxophonist, composer and bandleader.
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Nobuo Hara was Japanese.
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