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Hear Pianist Makoto Ozone in an Exclusive Performance at WBGO

By Rhonda Hamilton • Oct 31, 2017

Rhonda Hamilton with Makoto Ozone — Isaiah McClain/WBGO

Makoto Ozone’s wizardry on the piano has made him a star not only in his native Japan but around the world.

He taught himself to play the organ when he was just a toddler and then as a preteen, switched to the piano after hearing Oscar Peterson in concert. Ozone has spent his life mastering jazz and classical music, and he’ll demonstrate his proficiency in both with a performance Tuesday night at Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, followed by concerts Thursday through Saturday at Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall with the New York Philharmonic.