Makoto Ozone
At Cosmopolite scene in Oslo in 2017
Background information
Born	(1961-03-25)March 25, 1961 (age 64) 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 aJapanese jazz pianist.

Ozone was born inKobe, 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 ofOscar Peterson, taking two years of classical piano lessons.^[3] In 1980, he entered theBerklee College of Music and later worked withGary Burton.^[3] He also had his recording debut in 1983 before returning to his native Japan.

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

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

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

• Live!! At The Berklee Performance Center withPhil 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 withGary 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 withAnna Maria Jopek (Universal Music Polska, 2011)
• Live & Let Live - Love For Japan (Verve, 2011) - live
• Pure Pleasure For The Piano withEllis Marsalis Jr. (EmArcy, 2012)
• My Witch's Blue withChristian McBride,Jeff "Tain" Watts (Verve, 2012)
• Time Thread with Gary Burton (Verve, 2013)
• Dimensions (Verve, 2017)
• Until We Vanish (Universal, 2019)
• Resonance withChick Corea (Universal, 2021) – live rec. 2016
• Ozone 60 (Verve, 2021)
• Ozone 60: Standards (Verve, 2022)

• 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)

• 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)

WithGary Burton

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

WithBobby Shew

• Breakfast Wine (Pausa, 1985)

• Official website
• All Music

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