Seven of Ryo Fukui's albums released simultaneously on high-quality vinyl!

Seven of Ryo Fukui's albums released simultaneously on high-quality vinyl!

★Common specifications for all 7 titles★ "Made in Japan" quality is attracting attention from around the world. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.



Lush green landscapes, dazzling clear streams, a crystalline sky, and snow that falls without a sound—
these are the beautiful scenes woven into Scenery, created by Ryo Fukui, the renowned pianist born in Hokkaido. Here, they live on forever.

His fresh, delicate playing has captivated countless listeners, and his debut album Scenery has come to be highly acclaimed around the world. Fukui, who began playing the piano at the age of 22, recorded this album when he was just 28. The earnest passion of his youth resonates throughout the music, gently stirring the emotions of those who listen. The spacious, confident swing of “It Could Happen To You”, the refreshing joy radiating from “Early Summer”, the late autumn coolness imbued in the title track “Scenery” each embodies the uniquely expansive yet nuanced “Hokkaido sensibility” that flowed naturally from Fukui’s artistry.
Within this album, the beautiful landscapes that Ryo Fukui crafted his Scenery continue to breathe eternally.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

※The world is paying close attention to the unparalleled quality of “Made in Japan”. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.

Release Date：2026.6.24(wed)
Catalogue Number：SOLID-1038
Format：Pure vinyl / 180g heavy vinyl LP

Tracklist

Side A
1. It Could Happen To You
2. I Want To Talk About You
3. Early Summer

Side B
1. Willow Weep For Me
2. Autumn Leaves
3. Scenery






The pianist Ryo Fukui showed us a faint, comforting dream delicate touch, rich tone, and beautiful musical ideas. A superb second album in which he expresses himself even more deeply.

Recorded about a year after Scenery, his second album retains the delicacy and emotional depth of his playing, but adds a new strength that gives the world Fukui paints a clearer contour and striking dimensionality. From the bittersweet, heart‑stirring melody of “Mellow Dream” to the vibrant, exhilarating drive of “Horizon”, the album is filled with performances that shine brilliantly. It is also notable that the number of original compositions only one on the debut—has increased to three here, allowing listeners to appreciate Fukui’s musicality even more fully. Considering its maturity and the richness of its content, it may even be fair to say that this work surpasses his first album. Ryo Fukui, who sadly passed away in 2016, left behind a legacy of delicate touch, lush tonal colors, and beautiful musical imagination. With deepest gratitude for the “Mellow Dream” he shared with us.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

※The world is paying close attention to the unparalleled quality of “Made in Japan”. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.

Release Date：2026.6.24(wed)
Catalogue Number：SOLID-1039
Format：Pure vinyl / 180g heavy vinyl LP

Tracklist

Side A
1. Mellow Dream
2. My Foolish Heart
3. Baron Potato Blues

Side B
1. What's New
2. Horizon
3. My Funny Valentine






Deeper, more vivid—this is Ryo Fukui’s first and only solo piano album, featuring masterpieces such as “Nord”, composed during his journey northward.

This third album by Ryo Fukui arrived a full 17 years after Mellow Dream, marking his first and only solo piano recording. Alongside signature pieces like “Scenery” and “Mellow Dream”, the album includes “Voyage” and “Nord”, both written during a trip toward the northern regions, as well as “Nobody’s”, a piece imbued with Fukui’s deep respect for his mentor Barry Harris. The selection is nothing short of a delight for fans. Here, the depth and weight Fukui cultivated as a bebop pianist blend seamlessly with the profound “Hokkaido sensibility” that had always resided within him. It is a masterpiece that truly deserves to be passed down through time.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

※The world is paying close attention to the unparalleled quality of “Made in Japan”. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.

Release Date：2026.6.24(wed)
Catalogue Number：HRLP385
Format：Pure vinyl / 180g heavy vinyl LP

Tracklist

Side A
1. Voyage
2. Scenery
3. Mellow Dream
4. Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen

Side B
1. Nobody’s
2. My Conception
3. After Hours
4. Nord






With confident touch, a solid sense of swing, and emotion seeping through its dynamism Ryo Fukui lands in New York and approaches the essence of bebop alongside the rhythm section of his mentor, Barry Harris.

Ryo Fukui, who passed away in 2016 after releasing only five albums, recorded this fourth work in 1999. Featuring bassist Lyle Atkinson and drummer Leroy Williams—the longtime rhythm section of Barry Harris this New York‑recorded album captures the full appeal of Fukui as a bebop pianist. Centered around standards, the track selection, structure, and of course the performances all radiate intent and vitality. His assured and weighty touch, the firm yet elastic swing, and the emotion and lyricism that permeate his dynamic phrasing everything here conveys Fukui’s breath, will, and presence in vivid form. The re-performance of his signature piece “Mellow Dream” is also a welcome highlight.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

※The world is paying close attention to the unparalleled quality of “Made in Japan”. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.

Release Date：2026.6.24(wed)
Catalogue Number：HRLP386
Format：Pure vinyl / 180g heavy vinyl LP

Tracklist

Side A
1. Hot House
2. All The Things You Are
3. Red Carpet
4. Bouncing With Bud

Side B
1. Embraceable You
2. Just One Of Those Things
3. Mellow Dream






“Today, I want to play better than yesterday. Tomorrow, better than today”.
With this belief in his heart, Ryo Fukui devoted himself to the piano for forty years.

His touch became more powerful, his emotions deeper, his tone more richly fragrant. Even setting aside the fact that this is his final work, the album stands as a pure and undeniable masterpiece.
Ryo Fukui, the renowned pianist from Hokkaido who sadly passed away in 2016, has earned global recognition among jazz listeners through his highly praised early works Scenery and Mellow Dream. A Letter From Slowboat, recorded in 2015, marked his first leader album in sixteen years. The sessions took place at Slowboat his musical home together with two young musicians whose talent Fukui himself deeply trusted. The lyricism that seeps through “Sonora”, the poetic warmth enveloping “Stella By Starlight,” the vibrant energy coursing through “Speak Low” each performance is filled with life. His touch grew more forceful, his emotions more profound, his musical fragrance even more luxuriant.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

※The world is paying close attention to the unparalleled quality of “Made in Japan”. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.

Release Date：2026.6.24(wed)
Catalogue Number：HRLP387
Format：Pure vinyl / 180g heavy vinyl LP

Tracklist

Side A
1. Sonora
2. Stella by Starlight
3. Speak Low
4. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen

Side B
1. Old Country
2. Soultrane
3. Chasin' the Bird
4. Be My Love






Surging intensity, erupting passion—here lies the raw, unfiltered Ryo Fukui that no one has heard before.
A completely unreleased live recording that became the spark for the creation of Mellow Dream.
Who could have imagined that Ryo Fukui had left behind a recording like this? Captured on June 8, 1977, this previously unreleased live session was recorded at the Sapporo jazz club Vidro by Masataka Ito, the producer behind Fukui’s albums Scenery and Mellow Dream. It is unmistakably the Ryo Fukui Trio of that era, yet the performance possesses an overwhelming intensity and freshness that far surpass any studio recording—excitement in its purest form.

The 16‑minute, searing performance of “Mellow Dream” is just the beginning. The propulsive energy of “Speak Low”, the beautifully woven lyricism of “Body & Soul,” the blistering drive of “Love For Sale”, the weighty depth of “Mr. P.C.”, and the crystalline fragility of “My Foolish Heart”—each track is delivered with feverish brilliance.
It was this very live recording, excerpts of which were evaluated at the Trio Records headquarters at the time, that ultimately led to the production of Fukui’s second album Mellow Dream. In every sense, this is an extraordinarily precious document.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

※The world is paying close attention to the unparalleled quality of “Made in Japan”. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.

Release Date：2026.6.24(wed)
Catalogue Number：HRLP383/384
Format：2LP / Pure vinyl / 180g heavy vinyl

Tracklist

Side A
1.Mellow Dream

Side B
1.Speak Low
2.Body And Soul

Side C
1.Love For Sale

Side D
1.Mr. P.C.
2.My Foolish Heart






“The world wants to hear more of Ryo Fukui”.
Here, that long held dream of listeners across the globe finally becomes reality.

An astonishing live performance overflowing with the mature artistry Fukui cultivated alongside Slowboat.
This is joy beyond expectation the arrival of a new Ryo Fukui recording. Captured on June 26, 2004, this live session documents the ninth anniversary concert of Slowboat, the jazz club Fukui founded and considered his musical home. The trio features Ryo Fukui on piano, Benisuke Sakai on bass, and Yoshihito Eto on drums. Fukui was 56 years old at the time, and his playing is powerful and expansive, yet still marked by delicacy and razor sharp precision. In terms of energy, stamina, and technique, he was entering a true period of artistic maturity.
He delivers the music of his beloved Phineas Newborn Jr. and Tommy Flanagan with depth and elegance, and approaches the works of Wayne Shorter—an early‑life influence—with thrilling intensity. The performance captures Fukui at a moment of profound fulfillment, offering a truly compelling glimpse into his late career brilliance.
text by Yusuke Ogawa (UNIVERSOUNDS / DEEP JAZZ REALITY)

※The world is paying close attention to the unparalleled quality of “Made in Japan”. This release features premium uncolored virgin vinyl, completely free of carbon or any other pigments that could affect sound quality. Using only high‑purity straight PVC and increasing the record weight to 180 grams ensures superior rotational stability and a richly expansive soundstage.
Experience its precisely crafted sonic imaging with this 180g heavyweight / pure vinyl edition.

Release Date：2026.6.24(wed)
Catalogue Number：HRLP388/389
Format：2LP / Pure vinyl / 180g heavy vinyl

Tracklist

Side A
1. Eclypso
2. Relaxin' at Camarillo

Side B
1. Come Sunday
2. He's a Real Gone Guy

Side C
1. Stella by Starlight

Side D
1. Juju
2. Harlem Blues


※Tracks 8 and 9 are bonus tracks on the CD and will not be included on this vinyl record.