It's still early in the week for one of these, and I say it this way since I think for such a song, I would probably have put it somewhere on a Wednesday/Friday night because it's one of those tunes that is so made for urban contemporary soothing duties after a hard day or week at work. However, there is also such a thing as a lousy Monday, so for those folks, here you are.
It has that wonderful slow groove and the lovely solo horn while Tohyama and her backing chorus bring me memories of some fine 70s soul. Too bad that it wasn't included on my BEST collection for the singer but that gives me the impetus to see if I can get my own copy of "Human Voice". Equally too bad is that I couldn't find out who was responsible for words and music. Even the JASRAC database couldn't assist this time. Maybe the wonders of Daemonskald can come to the rescue again. 😁
Hi J-Canuck!
ReplyDeleteLyrics: Masami Tozawa (戸沢暢美)
Composition: Takashi Tsushimi (都志見隆)
Arrangement: Makoto Matsushita (松下誠)
Drums: Masahiro Miyazaki (宮崎まさひろ)
Bass: Yasuo Tomikura (富倉安生)
Guitar: Makoto Matsushita (松下誠)
Electric Piano & Synthesizer: Masato Matsuda (松田真人)
Flugelhorn: Yoshikazu Kishi (岸義和)
Background Vocals: Valarie Walker (バレリー・ウォーカー), Wornell Jones, Michael C. Wilson
First 4 musicians are all members of Paradigm Shift.
Background vocalists Wornell Jones & Michael C. Wilson are the ones who worked with Miho Fujiwara (Chocolate Lips and California Crisis)
Hi, Daemonskald.
DeleteKnew that you could come up with the goods, so many thanks there. :) Some pretty big guns behind the creation of "Cheek Dance", I see. And I figured those background singers sounded familiar.