Ai Kanzaki -- Bridge（橋）

 

I've used this photo before but just to remind readers, this is the pedestrian bridge spanning between Kinokuniya Books and what used to be Tokyu Hands in the Times Square complex in South Shinjuku. I used to traverse it a lot since I often had things that I had wanted to purchase in both stores.

All this for the flute-softened song "Bridge" by singer and flutist Ai Kanzaki（神崎愛）. This is once again from her 1980 debut album "Today" and it's a pretty jaunty and sunny track by lyricist Keisuke Yamakawa（山川啓介）and composer Yasuo Higuchi（樋口康雄）. In her brief file on KKP thus far, I've noticed that Kanzaki's voice could go from low and sultry to high and playful. Perhaps with "Bridge", her vocals travel to a medium state between those two ends. Melodically, the song itself hovers in its own medium state dipping tantalizingly into jazz, City Pop and New Music. Ultimately, I opted for that last genre.