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Early Summer
Solo piano · recorded 1976MIDI file
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Early Summer is Ryo Fukui's own composition and the tour de force of Scenery, the 1976 trio album he recorded in Sapporo that grew, decades later, into a cornerstone of Japanese jazz's worldwide rediscovery.
It opens on a modal vamp and keeps climbing: double-time swing, long chromatic lines, and quartal voicings that nod to McCoy Tyner, sustained across more than ten minutes of playing.
The full performance is transcribed with the hands separated, a serious and rewarding project for an ambitious player.
- Artist
- Ryo Fukui
- Genres
- Japanese Jazz Piano, Jazz Piano
- Recorded
- 1976
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Duration
- 10:38
- Tempo
- 120 bpm
- Key
- Channels
- 2 · left and right hand
- Format
- .mid · Type 1
Ryo Fukui
A largely self-taught pianist from Sapporo whose 1976 album Scenery became a beloved cornerstone of Japanese jazz.