Number: 042
Lyricist: Rui Serizawa
Composer: Yasuhiro Abe
Arranger: Nobuo Kurata
From Abe's 1991 album "Tengoku wa Mattekureru"
If this book were to select a Christmas song, this would be straight-up the one. "Juu-ni-gatsu no Yuki" is the song that you want to hear on a silent holy night overlooking powder snow that has fallen without any sound. Done with Abe's（安部恭弘）sense of style channeling The Great American Songbook, for some reason, the more luxurious the sound gets, the more I get that wistful feeling that gets me right here.
The above comes from "Disc Collection Japanese City Pop Revised" (2020).
This song has that classic 1940s/50s Christmas feeling! I wasn't around back then but if gives me that impression.
ReplyDeleteI was definitely not around either when those old standards came out but I've always loved them. It was great when people like Abe, Mariya Takeuchi and EPO came out with that sort of song.
Delete