Yoko Maeno -- Winelight

Gonna finish my quartet of songs tonight with another urban contemporary number from the 1980s.

Yoko Maeno's（前野曜子）"Winelight" is a cover of the title track from Grover Washington Jr.'s 1980 studio album. Originally created by William Eaton, Washington's "Winelight" is a great chance to hear the saxophonist getting to have his generous portions of Beef Wellington...in a musical sense, of course. As for Maeno's cover, this was included on her final album released in 1982, "Twilight". The singer does a great job as well with those Japanese and English lyrics, although I couldn't track down who provided the Japanese (is this a job for Daemonskald?) with a nice funky group of musicians behind her.

To finish off, "Winelight" is a fine title track but the album also has a far more famous and beloved song with Bill Withers providing his vocals. And Toshinobu Kubota（久保田利伸）managed to sing a cover of this one. Have a good weekend!