Makoto Nakamura

For the multicultural music genre that jazz is, it is only fitting that the city often witnesses performances by jazz musicians of several nationalities who have made Mumbai their home. A collaboration that jazz lovers here may not have come across though is an East-meets-West kind of performance, where American and Japanese musicians bring their love for the genre on one platform. Ahead of the Makoto Nakamura Trio's performance, we speak to Nakamura, a noted Japanese pianist, about his music, and his jugalbandi with American bassist D Wood and Japanese drummer Ko Omura.