More from Isao Suzuki with the String Band (1978) FLAC and mp3

One more from him, as everyone knows by now I just love the addition of strings to either rock or jazz to add that comprehensive musical sound, so I was quite interested in this record. Note that according to the discography, the String Band only appears for this one.  Unfortunately again we have the appearance of standards with the passable Nica's Dream by Horace Silver, a Jobim composition called Lamento and the absolutely horrific and plague-infected old rotten apple Greensleeves. What makes it even more torturous is that its arrangement (by our most beloved Masahiko Satoh!) is absolutely brilliant.  (Kind of like a perfect breast implant job on a very old woman.)  Note that shockingly Ron Carter appears on secondary bass here and Hank Jones on piano.  There is a credit for piccolo bass for Suzuki, an instrument which I hadn't even heard about.

Here's Avenue by Suzuki which really highlights his skills as a composer:

Well worth hearing this album for and making it well worth the price of admission, as I always say.