Tracklist

1-1	Well Tempered Alto Saxophone Suite α	23:27
1-2	Well Tempered Alto Saxophone Suite β	17:45
2-1	Well Tempered Alto Saxophone Suite γ	17:20
2-2	Well Tempered Alto Saxophone Suite δ	19:31

Credits

• Alto Saxophone – 阿部薫*
• Artwork [Cover Art], Design – 萩原誠*
• Engineer – 長坂光司*
• Engineer [Mixdown Engineer] – 斉藤忠彦*
• Photography By – 小水一夫*
• Producer, Photography By, Liner Notes [Japanese] – 芥正彦*

Notes

Recorded on March 1973 at act's 105, Tokyo.
Another title/subtitle: "Partitas-Unfinished", "-Well-tempered Alto-saxophone Suite, unaccompanied & unfinished-".
Includes two four-fold inserts with commentary on Abe by Milford Graves, Frank Lowe, Arthur Blythe, Sirone, Billy Bang, Lee Konitz, Takehisa Kosugi, Ryuichi Sakamoto, Toshinori Kondo and others.
Abe Kaoru's name is misspelled Abe Kaol on this release.
Originally released as a double LP by Nadja [PA-6137~38] in 1981.
Gatefold sleeve.

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
PA-6137	阿部薫*	彗星 Partitas ‎(2xLP)	Nadja	PA-6137	Japan	1981
CRCD5012-13	阿部薫*	彗星 Partitas ‎(2xCD, Album, Mono, RE)	Clinck Records	CRCD5012-13	Japan	2007
ART CD-25/26	阿部薫*	彗星 Partitas ‎(2xCD, Album, Mono, RE)	Art Union Records	ART CD-25/26	Japan	1989

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