Description

• LIMITED EDITION
• 180 GRAM VINYL HALF SPEED MASTERED
• HEAVY SLEEVE AND OBI
The official reissue of Ryo Fukui’s final album, the very personal contemporary jazz offering, A Letter from Slowboat, sourced from the original masters. Known for his miraculous albums 1976’s Scenery and 1977’s Mellow Dream, legendary Hokkaido pianist Ryo Fukui, with the help of his wife Yasuko, opened his very own jazz club in Sapporo in 1995, Slowboat. This is where Ryo Fukui spent the latter half of his career, playing again and again, welcoming peers for unforgettable sessions, and perfecting the craft he lived for: jazz. A Letter from Slowboat is a poetic, soulful, and honest love letter to Hokkaido, to Fukui’s jazz club, and to endless hours of practicing artistry in a place called home.

PERSONNEL:
Ryo Fukui – piano
Takumi Awaya – bass
Itetsu takemura – drums
Jazz Club Slowboat, Sapporo, January 25 & 26, 2015

TRACKS:
SIDE A
A1. Sonora
A2. Stella By Starlight
A3. Speak Low
A4. Nobody Knows The Trouble I’ve Seen
SIDE B
B1. Old Country
B2. Soultrane
B3. Chasin’ The Bird
B4. Be My Love