February 20, 2012

Kaori Kobayashi / Release of 1st Self-Produced Album

Kaori Kobayashi attracted more than 4.6 million hits on YouTube with a clip of her performance in Taiwan from 2010. She was awarded ”The Most Beautiful Saxophonist in Asia” on 1/20/2012 by Sax Society of Thailand and now she recently released a new album “SEVENth” on 2/1/2012. This is the very first album that she self-produced and it’s been released not only in Japan, but also in many countries in Asia. “SEVENth” Released on 2/1/2012 [1st Limited Edition] CD+DVD... Read More

January 1, 2011

Kaori Kobayashi

Kobayashi was born on October 20, 1981 in Kanagawa Prefecture. Her father was photographer and her mother was a piano teacher. From a very young age, Kobayashi learned to play the piano. When she was 13 years old she joined a brass band and started to play the flute, Four years later she stopped playing in the band and began playing the saxophone. After that she turned to jazz After four years having learned from Bob Zangu how to play the jazz saxophone she entered the Senzoku... Read More