I've mentioned this before, but whenever New York is featured in some sort of Japanese TV documentary or variety show segment, the accompanying BGM is invariably something jazzy or funky. Perhaps viewers are expecting New Yorkers to be perpetually doing the Charleston or breakdance.
Just a couple of months ago, I noticed keyboardist Yuka Noda（野田ユカ）for the first time via her 1989 album "Carib no Yume"（カリブの夢）and the Latin-tinged title track. It seemed perfect for cocktail-sipping or window shopping through a Jamaican port. This time around, we have another track here titled "Manhattan Blue" by Noda and it's got the jazz and funk fused together (great bass solo, by the way). It's no surprise that the under title for the album is "Light Fusion Fantasy"; it truly is light fusion for shopping in the Big Apple and I also think it would be ideal as soundtrack music for the trendy dramas that were populating Japanese TV at the time.
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