During his years in New York, pianist Makoto Ozone fronted a number of small combos and gigged with such heavyweights as Branford Marsalis, Gary Burton and Christian McBride. But the collaborators he ...

Available for the first time in nearly 25 years, Phil Wilson and Makoto Ozone’s Live!! At the Berklee Performance Center is a dazzling exhibition of talent and drive. The recording was originally ...

Gary Burton brought together in one 80-minute set all of the elements of his last three Concord discs: He submitted a lesson in the history of the vibraphone; exposed the compositional acumen of his ...

Vibraphonist Gary Burton, who performed at the Dakota Jazz Club on Wednesday night, is nearing the end of the road as a touring musician. Burton, who turned 74 in January, has announced his current ...

Mozart’s 9th Piano Concerto, known familiarly as Jeunehomme, is vividly re-imagined by a daring soloist in Makoto Ozone, an exceptional big band in the Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, and a ...

1 NYC Department of Buildings Issues Full Vacate Order at Eugene O'Neill Theatre Following Fire Ozone's discography of nearly 40 recordings includes collaborations with fellow pianist Chick Corea, ...

Japanese pianist Makoto Ozone came to classical music late in life. A celebrated jazz musician who gained notice as a student at Berklee College of Music in the early 1980s, when vibraphonist Gary ...

Revisit the pianist's first appearance on Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, back when he was still a rising star in 1984. Makoto Ozone On Piano Jazz In 1984, when pianist Makoto Ozone was Marian ...

"Before working with him I'd known that Makoto Ozone is a very talented pianist and one of the great living jazz musicians," said Music Director Alan Gilbert, "but I was still astounded by the results ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Japanese jazz pianist Makoto Ozone is set to bring his signature improvisational flair to Ludwig van Beethoven in Taipei on Sunday. A fresh interpretation of the classic “Piano ...

Vibraphonist Gary Burton does not come from a conservatory background but with his wide range of musical interests it is not surprising he would finally choose to put his stamp on some compositions ...

For his latest album project, Virtuosi, vibraphonist Gary Burton took items from the classical repertory and adapted them for his jazz duo with pianist Makoto Ozone. Burton explained that he was an ...