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 of which he and his wife Yasuko were the owners.
He began to teach 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 Favorite Tune, which was recorded in 1994 and 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 (淋巴癌) on March 15, 2016. After his death, his widow Yasuko Fukui has taken over the Slowboat jazz club.
~ 維基
我最愛福居的一張專輯，也恰好是他的 '最愛' (my favorite tune)，曲目如下：
1. Voyage (Ryo Fukui) (好愛這首啊~)
2. Scenery (Ryo Fukui)
3. Mellow Dream (Ryo Fukui)
4. Nobody knows the trouble I've seen
5. Nobody's (Barry Harris)
6. My Conception (Sonny Clark)
7. After Hours (Avery Parrish)
8. Nord (Ryo Fukui)
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