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About Makoto Ozone
Instrument: Piano
Article Coverage | Calendar | Album Discography | Photo Gallery | Similar ArtistsMakoto Ozone Trio: The Trio
by Douglas Payne
Back when Japanese pianist Makoto Ozone was attending Berklee, he was Gary Burton's prodigy and a frighteningly promising improvisor. Ozone has an unusual ability to suggest odd traits of past masters – the muscularity of Ahmad Jamal, the happy romanticism of Bill Evans, the simplicity of the intricate Joanne Brackeen and, at times, the classic panache of Chick Corea – and weave them into a personable style.
Somewhere along the way, even though all these traits are still evident, he ...
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