I heard Laura Fygi would visit Japan after ten years absence. She came to Japan in 1992, I think.

Blue Note was an old building along the Antique Street.

She was a Dutch singer who became a topic of conversation then. She sang in a sexy and husky voice, and it reminded us the old days of Helen Merrill. She made a big hit with a song, “Don’t It Make My Brown Eyes Blue” from her debut album.

A group of steady customers of a place “DOMINANT” visit there to see that sexy girl who was much talked about.

What a surprise!

She came down from the stage, sat on the knees of the audience, and sang a song. I have seen a lot of famous female singers, but I saw that style for the first time.

Now sixteen years passed and she came to Blue Note in January, 2008. I went to see how she has changed. She did not change her style and did the same thing; coming down from the stage, sitting on the knees of the audience, and singing a song. What she seemed to change were… she seemed to gain some around the waist and had her hair cut.