Takagi Mototeru

Takagi Mototeru
Born(1941-12-28)December 28, 1941
Osaka, Japan
DiedDecember 2002(2002-12-00) (aged 60–61)
GenresJazz
OccupationMusician
InstrumentTenor saxophone

Takagi Mototeru (高木 元輝) (28 December 1941 – December 2002) was a Japanese tenor saxophone player and composer, known for playing in a distinctive and powerful free jazz style. He played with many of the most important Japanese free groups and musicians during the seventies, such as ESSG and those of Masahiko Togashi, Motoharu Yoshizawa and Masayuki Takayanagi.