Isao Suzuki Sextet „Ako’s Dream”:

Wiki o liderze: „He led his own ensemble in Tokyo from 1965–1969, also performing with Hampton Hawes in 1968. He moved to New York City from 1969 to 1971, playing with Ron Carter, Paul Desmond, Ella Fitzgerald, Jim Hall, Wynton Kelly, Charles Mingus, Thelonious Monk, and Bobby Timmons. Returning to Japan, he played with Kenny Burrell and Mal Waldron in addition to his own ensembles. Later in the 1970s, he began expanding his instrumental repertoire, playing cello and piccolo bass.
He died from COVID-19 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, on 8 March 2022, at the age of 89, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan”.