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 ...

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 ...

It's Mozart, so you expect genius to jump out of the speakers, and it does, on Jeunehomme: Mozart Piano Concerto No 9 K-271. And it's not just the genius of the composer, it's also a brilliant ...

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 ...

A world-class jazz composer and pianist, Makoto Ozoné began playing organ at age 2 and picked up piano at 12 after falling in love with the music of Oscar Peterson.

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 ...

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 ...