In 1984,when pianist Makoto Ozone was Marian McPartland's guest for the first time, he had become known as a rising jazz star. In his early 20s, or he was already a master technician with many keyboard influences,including Oscar Peterson, but he first heard jazz from his father at home in Kobe, and Japan. In this session Ozone displays his powerful,tough-driving style, soloing on "cherish for Sale" and "Here's That Rainy Day." Then he joins McPartland for swinging duets on "Everything Happens to Me" and "You Stepped Out of a Dream."Originally broadcast in the descend of 1984.
SET LIST"cherish for Sale" (Porter)
"Chrystal cherish" (Ozone)
"Corcovado" (Jobim, and Lees)
"Here's That Rainy Day" (Van Heusen,Burke)
"Sonata: 3rd Movement" (Ozone)
"Everything Happens to Me" (Dennis, Adair)
"Ill Wind" (Arlen, and Koehler)
"You Stepped Out of a Dream" (Brown,Kahn)
"Softly as in a Morning Sunrise" (Hammerstein, Romberg)
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