Saxophonist Nobuo Hara is set to bring his 57-year career as a big-band leader to an end with his last tour of the country.
"Jazz is music that gives you an energetic feeling, but to play it means physical labor," the 82-year-old Hara said. "There's something that makes me think I can't fight getting old."
Hara gained a name for himself and his band, Nobuo Hara and His Sharps and Flats, over the years with concert tours and by accompanying popular Japanese and visiting foreign singers.