Scenery (Ryo Fukui album)

Scenery (シーナリィ) is a 1976 jazz album by Japanese pianist Ryo Fukui. It was Fukui's first release.

Scenery
Studio album by Ryo Fukui
Released	1976
Recorded	July 7, 1976
Venue	Yamaha Hall, Sapporo
Genre	straight-ahead jazz cool jazz
Label	Trio Records
Producer	Masataka Ito, Ryo Fukui
Ryo Fukui chronology
Scenery (1976) Mellow Dream (1977)

Reception

This album was virtually ignored in the United States, given that it was released at a time of reduced American interest in jazz.^[1] In the decades since Scenery's release, the album has earned greater critical praise, especially for track "Early Summer". Fukui's dexterity and self-taught style has earned him comparison to such piano greats as McCoy Tyner and Bill Evans.^[2][3]

Track listing

Side A:

1. It Could Happen to You (Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke)
2. I Want to Talk About You (Billy Eckstine)
3. Early Summer (Hideo Ichikawa)

Side B:

1. Willow Weep for Me (Ann Ronell)
2. Autumn Leaves (Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert)
3. Scenery (Ryo Fukui)

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Personnel

• Ryo Fukui – piano
• Satoshi Denpo – bass
• Yoshinori Fukui – drums

See also

• 1976 in jazz