Yoshio Ootani

Music/Criticism. sax and others. He has participated in many bands, sessions, and performing arts productions. His latest musical works include Cupid&Battile, Dirty Microphone (under the name Jazz Dommunisters), and Jazz Alternative (solo). His books include Poor Music (published by Getsuyosha Limited), Yuutsu to Kanno wo Oshieta Gakko (The School That Taught Melancholy and Sensuality) (published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha Publishers inc., co-authored with Naruyoshi Kikuchi), Hiraoka Masaaki Ron (Masaaki Hiraoka Theory) (published by P-VINE), and Janiken! (co-authored, Hara Shobo). He is also an actor in Office Mountain, a company organized by Taichi Yamagata.