Ryo Fukui
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Fukui at the piano, performing at "The Glee"
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| Birth name | Ryo Fukui (福居良?) |
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June 1, 1948 Biratori, Hokkaido, Japan |
| Died | March 15, 2016 (aged 67) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan |
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| Instruments | Piano |
| Years active | 1976–2016 |
Ryo Fukui (福居良? Fukui Ryo, June 1, 1948 – March 15, 2016) was a Japanese jazz pianist based in Sapporo. He played regularly at the "Slowboat" jazz club in Sapporo.
He started teaching himself the piano in 1970 at the age of 22, releasing his first album, Scenery, six years later and his second album, Mellow Dream, the year after. He continued improving his skills over the following years in live performance, often appearing in a trio and playing at the Shinjuku "Pit Inn", Kichijōji "Sometime" jazz club and the "Jazz Inn Lovely" in Nagoya. A third album, My Favourite Tune, was released in 1995, followed by In New York four years later, in trio with the drummer Leroy Williams and the bassist Lisle Arthur Atkinson. A Letter from Slowboat is a live album released in 2015 from his time at the "Slowboat" jazz club.
Fukui received the Sapporo Culture Encouragement Prize in 2012.
Fukui died of lymphoma on March 15, 2016.
http://www.jazz-slowboat.jp/ryo-fukui/
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