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原信夫
- From
- Sakhalinskaya oblast', Japan
- Active
- 1926–2021
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Nobuo Tsukahara, better known as Nobuo Hara (November 19, 1926–June 21, 2021) was a Japanese jazz saxophonist and bandleader.
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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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原信夫とシャープス・アンド・フラッツ tenor saxophone
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Nobuo Hara · Nobuo Tsukahara · Tsukahara Nobuo · つかはら のぶお · はら のぶお · 原 信夫 · 塚原 信夫 · 塚原信夫
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- MusicBrainz
- e4207dc5-84d6-49d7-aea0-18569a5ebfc5
- ISNI
- 000000004601824X
- IPI
- 00013386798
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.