There was a time when people around me recommended that Ishibashi traveled to the United States to practice jazz, but at the time, the he didn't have enough money to buy these expensive records, so he kept the his bank account from the U.S. Army NCO in the money fundraising group. The noncommissioned officer, who had crashed and died, the grieving family kept score, and the plan to travel to the United States sometimes canceled. Around this time, he suffered from and performed while battling the disease. Eventually he formed his own band "The Five". After working on " and the New Sounds Trio", Ishibashi joined "Hajime Hana and The Crazy Cats" as a pianist in March 1956.