Ryo Fukui

March 15, 2016}} was a Japanese jazz pianist based in Sapporo. He played regularly at the "Slowboat" jazz club in Sapporo, which he and his wife Yasuko owned. Fukui taught and performed internationally until his death in 2016. His work has seen a spike in popularity after his death, with several reissues of his albums.
Fukui began his life in music by learning the accordion at age 18. At the age of 22, he began to teach himself piano and... more