Ryo Fukui - Wikipedia Ryo Fukui Ryo Fukui Fukui at the piano, performing at `` The Glee '' Background information Birth name Ryo Fukui ( 福居 良 ) ( 1948 - 06 - 01 ) June 1, 1948 Biratori, Hokkaido, Japan March 15, 2016 ( 2016 - 03 - 15 ) ( aged 67 ) Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan Genres Jazz Occupation ( s ) Composer pianist 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 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, and has fallen into rarity, with only a few CD copies of the album known in existence. It was 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. After his death, his widow Yasuko Fukui has taken over the Slowboat jazz club. Fukui has seen recognition in culture, with a larger emergence online in 2017 and beyond, with many recognizing his great talent and calming style. Contents 1 Discography 1.1 Studio Albums 1.2 Bootleg Albums 2 References Discography Studio Albums 1976 : Scenery 1977 : Mellow Dream 1995 : My Favorite Tune 1999 : Ryo Fukui In New York 2015 : A Letter from Slowboat Bootleg Albums 1976 : Live At Nika References http://www.jazz-slowboat.jp/ryo-fukui/ MusicBrainz : 52173902 - 3bd0 - 4ed2 - 9eeb - 899127789ffc This article about a pianist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. This article about a Japanese musician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ryo_Fukui&oldid=842143247 '' Categories : Deaths from lymphoma Japanese pianists Japanese jazz pianists 1948 births 2016 deaths Pianist stubs Japanese musician stubs Hidden categories : Articles containing Japanese - language text Articles with hCards All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from April 2018 Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers All stub articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Español Edit links This page was last edited on 20 May 2018, at 14 : 40. About Wikipedia

Question: ryo fukui album 'my favorite tune'
Answer: 1995