Makoto Ozone

Makoto Ozone
Makoto Ozone
	At Cosmopolite scene in Oslo in 2017
Background information
Born	March 25, 1961 (age 63); Kobe, Japan
Genres	Jazz
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Piano
Years active	1976 – present
Website	makotoozone.com

Makoto Ozone (小曽根真, Pronounced [Oh-zone'-ay];^[1] born March 25, 1961)^[2] is a Japanese jazz pianist.

Career

Ozone was born in Kobe, Japan.^[3] He began playing organ at two and by seven was an improviser. He appeared on Japanese television with his father, himself a pianist and club owner in Kobe, from 1968 to 1970. At the age of twelve, Ozone switched to piano after being impressed by the albums of Oscar Peterson, taking two years of classical piano lessons.^[3] In 1980, he entered the Berklee College of Music and later worked with Gary Burton.^[3] He also had his recording debut in 1983 before returning to his native Japan.

Ozone has collaborated with vocalist Kimiko Itoh. They appeared as a duo at the Montreux Jazz Festival,^[4] and he produced her album Kimiko, which won the 2000 Swing Journal jazz disk grand prix for Japanese vocalist.^[5]

Ozone is in charge of visiting professor of Jazz course in Kunitachi College of Music since 2010.^[6]

Honors

2003: Honorary Doctorate of Music from Berklee College of Music.^[7]
2018: Medal of Honor with Purple Ribbon (紫綬褒章, しじゅほうしょう)

Discography

As leader/co-leader

Live!! At The Berklee Performance Center with Phil Wilson (Shiah, 1983) – live
Makoto Ozone (CBS/Sony, 1984) – rec. 1981
After (CBS/Sony, 1986)
Spring Is Here (Columbia, 1987)
Now You Know (Columbia, 1987)
Starlight (JVC/Victor, 1990)
Paradise Wings (JVC/Victor, 1991)
Walk Alone (JVC/Victor, 1992)
Breakout (Verve, 1994)
Face to face with Gary Burton (GRP, 1995)
Nature Boys (Verve, 1995)
At the Montreux Jazz Festival (Videoarts, 1997) – live
Makoto Ozone: The Trio (Verve, 1997)
Three Wishes (Verve, 1998) – rec. 1997
Dear Oscar (Polydor, 1998)
No Strings Attached (Polydor, 1999)
Pandora (Verve, 2000)
So Many Colors (Verve, 2001)
Treasure (Verve, 2002)
Reborn (Verve, 2003)
Virtuosi with Gary Burton (Concord, 2003)
New Spirit (Universal, 2004)
Real (Verve, 2005)
Duet with Satoru Shionoya (Verve, 2005) – live
Alive!!: Live at Blue Note Tokyo (Universal, 2007) – live rec. 2006
Falling in love, again (Universal, 2007)
Ballads (Verve, 2008)
Jungle (Verve, 2009)
Road to Chopin (Universal, 2010)
Haiku with Anna Maria Jopek (Universal Music Polska, 2011)
Live & Let Live - Love For Japan (Verve, 2011) - live
Pure Pleasure For The Piano with Ellis Marsalis Jr. (EmArcy, 2012)
My Witch's Blue with Christian McBride, Jeff "Tain" Watts (Verve, 2012)
Time Thread with Gary Burton (Verve, 2013)
Dimensions (Verve, 2017)
Until We Vanish (Universal, 2019)
Resonance with Chick Corea (Universal, 2021) – live rec. 2016
Ozone 60 (Verve, 2021)
Ozone 60: Standards (Verve, 2022)

As No Name Horses

No Name Horses (Universal, 2006)
No Name Horses II (Verve, 2008)
Jungle (Verve, 2009)
Back at The Club "IN TRIBUTE" (Universal, 2011)
Road: Rhapsody in Blue (Universal, 2014)

Soundtracks

Ashita no Kita Yoshio (あしたの、喜多善男) - Original Soundtrack (Universal, 2008)
NHK The World Heritage: The Swell of Time - Original Soundtrack (Universal, 2011)

As sideman

With Gary Burton

Real Life Hits (ECM, 1984)
Whiz Kids (ECM, 1986)
Generations (Concord, 2004)

With Bobby Shew

Breakfast Wine (Pausa, 1985)

References

^ "Another Japanese import success: jazz pianist Makoto Ozone". Christian Science Monitor.
^ "Makoto Ozone music". Allaboutjazz.com. October 1997. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1886. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.
^ "Montreux duo". Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
^ "第34回（2000年度）スイングジャーナルジャズ・ディスク大賞 - ジャズ名盤紹介サイト JAZZCD.JP". Jazzcd.jp. 10 September 2015.
^ "ニュース：ジャズ専修設置記者会見を行いました" [News: Announced about the establishment of Jazz course] (in Japanese). Kunitachi College of Music. Retrieved April 3, 2020.
^ "Jazz alums to receive honorary doctorates". UPI.com. September 4, 2003.

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[1] "Another Japanese import success: jazz pianist Makoto Ozone". Christian Science Monitor.

[2] "Makoto Ozone music". Allaboutjazz.com. October 1997. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[LarkinGE-3] Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Encyclopedia of Popular Music (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 1886. ISBN 0-85112-939-0.

[4] "Montreux duo". Archived from the original on 24 May 2006. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

[5] "第34回（2000年度）スイングジャーナルジャズ・ディスク大賞 - ジャズ名盤紹介サイト JAZZCD.JP". Jazzcd.jp. 10 September 2015.

[6] "ニュース：ジャズ専修設置記者会見を行いました" [News: Announced about the establishment of Jazz course] (in Japanese). Kunitachi College of Music. Retrieved April 3, 2020.

[7] "Jazz alums to receive honorary doctorates". UPI.com. September 4, 2003.

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