More from Isao Suzuki 1975 to 1981 (Ako's Dream, Cadillac Woman, Push (with Miyamoto), Blow Up, Three Cushion)

 

First of all, we have to point out the cover painting of Cadillac Woman-- which is really something.  

I mean-- what can you even say to that one? I have to wonder if the painting originally had the electrical wire coming out from further down and it had to be adjusted?

Here's some more from Isao Suzuki, again it's really hit and miss with some albums overloaded with standards but once in a while a well composed or fusiony track appears like the summer sun through a dark expanse of threatening and ugly storm clouds of generic nauseating jazz standards. His bio borrowed from discogs:

Born in Tokyo on January 2, 1933. Was a member of Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in the early 1970s. Known in Japan as the 'Jazz Godfather'. Died March 8, 2022 in Kawasaki.

Sites:

isaosuzuki.com, Wikipedia, Wikipedia

From the Cadillac Woman LP (1977) I love the intricacies of the post-bop riff on a track called Bamboo:

The title track of Push (which is a collaboration composition from the 2 of them) from the 1978 album with singer Niroko Miyamoto is remarkably progressive for a pure funk track: