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Dave Koz
Background information
Born (1963-03-27) March 27, 1963 (age 49)
Origin Encino, California
Genres Smooth jazz
Occupations Musician, Radio host
Instruments Saxophone, Piano, drums, EWI
Years active 1990 – present
Labels Capitol Records (1990–2008), EMI, Rendezvous Entertainment, Concord Records (2009–present)
Associated acts Bobby Caldwell
Website davekoz.com

Dave Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.

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Life and career [link]

Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California. Koz attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California performing on saxophone as a member of the school jazz band. He later graduated from UCLA with a degree in mass communications in 1986, and only weeks after his graduation, decided to make a go of becoming a professional musician. Within weeks of that decision, he was recruited as a member of Bobby Caldwell's tour. For the rest of the 1980s, Koz served as a session musician in several bands, toured with Jeff Lorber. Koz was a member of Richard Marx's band and toured with Marx throughout the late 1980s. He also played in the house band of CBS' short-lived The Pat Sajak Show, with Tom Scott as bandleader.[1]

In 1990, Koz decided to pursue a solo career, and began recording for Capitol Records. His albums there include Lucky Man, The Dance, and Saxophonic. Saxophonic was nominated for both a Grammy Award and an NAACP Image Award.

In 1994, Koz began hosting a syndicated radio program, The Dave Koz Radio Show (formerly Personal Notes), featuring the latest music and interviews with who's who in the genre. Dave co-hosted of The Dave Koz Morning Show With Pat Prescott on 94.7 The Wave, a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles for six years. He decided to leave the show in January 2007 and was replaced by Brian McKnight.

In 2002, Koz started a record label, Rendezvous Entertainment, with Frank Cody and Hyman Katz.

In an April 2004 interview with The Advocate, Koz came out publicly as a gay man. Later the same year, he was named by People magazine as one of their "50 Hottest Bachelors" in their June issue.

Dave and the late Wayman Tisdale performing at the Dave Koz & Friends Smooth Jazz Cruise 2006

In 2006, Koz was selected to host a syndicated afternoon show for Broadcast Architecture's new Smooth Jazz Network. The show, based in Los Angeles, is broadcast on other Smooth Jazz stations across the country. Koz and Ramsey Lewis are the only two Smooth Jazz personalities to host two different syndicated shows during the week.

Capitol Records/EMI's "Forever Cool" (2007) features Koz in a new arrangement of "Just in Time" with the voice of the late Dean Martin.

Koz has promoted annual Dave Koz & Friends Jazz Cruises since 2005.

Koz is the host of a weekly half-hour television series named Frequency put on by Fast Focus.[2] Koz interviews musicians on the show such as Earth, Wind & Fire, Jonathan Butler, and Kelly Sweet. At the end of each interview, he plays along with the musician, adding some of his saxophone riffs to one of their hit songs.

Koz was also the bandleader on The Emeril Lagasse Show. The band, Dave Koz & The Kozmos, featured Jeff Golub (guitar), Philippe Saisse (keyboards), Conrad Korsch (bass guitar), and Skoota Warner (drums).[3][4][5]

Koz plays a Yamaha silver alto sax (YAS-62S) with a #7 Beechler metal mouthpiece, a Yamaha straight silver Soprano sax (YSS-62S) or a vintage Conn curved soprano sax with a #8 Couf mouthpiece, and a Selmer Mark 6 Tenor sax with a Berg-Larsen 90/2 hard rubber mouthpiece. As for reeds, he uses size 3 Rico Plasticover.[6]

On September 22, 2009, Koz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[7]

In October 2010, Koz performed "Start All Over Again" in a Desperate Housewives season 7 episode Let Me Entertain You, alongside singer Dana Glover.

Discography [link]

Musical recordings of Koz include:[8]

Albums [link]

Year Album details Peak chart
positions
Hot 200
[9]		 Jazz
[9]
1990 Dave Koz 129
1993 Lucky Man 176 —
1996 Off the Beaten Path 182 —
Live in Trinidad _ —
1997 December Makes Me Feel This Way —
1999 The Dance [A] 190 3
2001 A Smooth Jazz Christmas [B] 140 3
2002 Golden Slumbers: A Father's Lullaby — —
2003 Saxophonic (2003) — 2
2005 Golden Slumbers: A Father's Love — —
2007 At the Movies 8 2
Memories of a Winter's Night — 7
2008 Greatest Hits 184 3
2010 Hello Tomorrow 104 1
"—" denotes releases that did not chart.
  • A. "The Dance" also peaked at #67 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues/Hip Hop Albums.
  • B. "Smooth Jazz Christmas" also peaked at #2 on Billboard's Holiday Albums.

Singles [link]

Year Single Chart Positions[10]
U.S. Hot 100 U.S. Adult Contemporary Jazz
1990 "Emily" — — —
1991 "Castle of Dreams" — 13 —
"Nothing But the Radio On" — 20 —
1993 "You Make Me Smile" — 20 —
"Faces of the Heart (ABC Daytime's General Hospital Theme Song) — — —
1994 "Lucky Man" — — —
1999 "Together Again" — — —
2000 "Careless Whisper" (featuring Montell Jordan) — — 30
"Know You by Heart" — — 26
2006 "Somewhere/Summer of '42" — — —
2007 "The Pink Panther Theme" — — 27
"It Might Be You" — — —
"White Christmas" — — 22
2008 "Life in the Fast Lane" — — 1
"White Christmas" (rechart) — — 14
2010 "And Then I Knew" — — 13
"Put The Top Down" — — 1
2011 "Starting Over Again" — — 1
"Anything's Possible" — — 1

Compilation appearances [link]

References [link]

  1. ^ Pack A Picnic And Head For Ste. Michelle's Big Outdoor Concert, The Seattle Times, June 28, 1991
  2. ^ "Frequency - Hosted by Dave Koz". fastfocus.tv. Public Television Media. https://fastfocus.tv/Media.aspx?id=290. Retrieved 2009-07-17. 
  3. ^ "Television: Emeril Lagasse and Dave Koz". March 22, 2010. https://www.davidmixner.com/2010/03/television-emeril-lagasse-and-dave-koz.html. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
  4. ^ Aubrey Everett (March 4, 2010). "Dave Koz and Emeril Team Up on TV". JazzTimes. https://jazztimes.com/articles/25803-dave-koz-and-emeril-team-up-on-tv. Retrieved May 17, 2011. 
  5. ^ "Dave Koz & The Kozmos". https://www.ionpress.com/Emeril/pdf/Emeril_Dave-Koz-and-Kozmos-Bio.pdf. Retrieved May 10, 2010. 
  6. ^ Professional Saxophone Musician / Player Set-Ups theowanne.com
  7. ^ Bruce Steele (September 22, 2009). "Koz Celeb". The Advocate. https://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Koz_Celeb/. Retrieved May 17, 2011. 
  8. ^ Dave Koz Discography, AOL Music.com
  9. ^ a b "Billboard chart positions > albums". allmusic. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p30363. Retrieved 2009-11-05. 
  10. ^ "Dave Koz Billboard Singles". Allmusic. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/p6910/charts-awards/billboard-singles. Retrieved 2009-06-06. 

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Dave Koz (album)

Dave Koz is the 1990 debut album by Dave Koz. It was released on Capitol Records in September of 1990. Koz himself co-wrote eight of the 11 tracks, as well as having a reworking of the Richard Marx hit Endless Summer Nights. He is supported by various people depending on the song.

Track listing

  • "So Far From Home" (Koz, Lorber) 6:10
  • "Emily" (Bobby Caldwell, Koz, Lorber) 5:30
  • "Give It Up" (Koz, Lorber, Marx) 5:53
  • "Nothing But The Radio On" (featuring Joey Diggs) (Klaven, S. Rose, G. Rose) 4:31
  • "Castle of Dreams" (Koz, Jeff Koz) 5:00
  • "Endless Summer Nights" (Richard Marx) 5:01
  • "Love of My Life" (featuring Cole Basquē) Koz, Elliott Wolff) 4:24
  • "Art of Key Noise" (Koz, Claude Gaudette) :27
  • "Perfect Stranger" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) 4:34
  • "If Love Is All We Have" (featuring Cole Basquē) (Davidovicci, Derry, Homms) 4:27
  • "Yesterday's Rain" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) 5:51

    • Production

  • Executive Producers: Allen Kovac, Bruce Lundvall
  • Produced By Steve Barri, Claude Gaudette, Dave Koz, Jeff Koz, Jeff Lorber, Randy Nicklaus, Tony Peluso, Evan Rogers & Carl Sturken
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    Always There

    "Always There" was the first single from Kate Alexa, released in September 2004, when she was sixteen years old. This song is from her debut album, Broken & Beautiful, which was released two years after.

    History

    It was selected to be the soundtrack to the Seven Network soap Home and Away's promos during the 2004 Olympics, and was also used on two episodes of Home and Away. It provided valuable promotion for Alexa. "It didn't feel real at first" she said, "I thought my CD player was on! Then it hit me. Everyone watching TV at the time was hearing my song. It was very rewarding because the song meant so much to me". The song is also included on the compilation Now 07.

    Theme

    The song was about the death of a friend. Alexa said "Writing this song was a way of trying to come to terms with the sudden death of a friend. It was such a sad time, but it inspired me to write what I was going through. It's a very precious song. It helped me cope, and it means a lot to me when I hear that the song has also helped other people."

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    Always There (album)

    Always There is the fifth solo album by Marti Webb (born 13 December 1944, Hampstead, North West London), a musical actress from England issued in 1986 on the BBC Records label. It consisted of themes from television shows that had been given lyrics. The title track “Always There” reached #13 in the UK singles chart. The album, which peaked at #65 in the UK Albums Chart, was released in 1988 on compact disc entitled “Marti Webb Sings Small Screen Themes”.

    Track listing

    Side 1

  • "Always There” (Simon May/Don Black/Leslie Osborne) – Theme from “Howard’s Way”
  • "To Have and to Hold" (John Worth) – Theme from “To Have and to Hold”
  • "He’s Not You (Chi Mai)” (Ennio Morricone/Don Black) – Theme from “The Life and Times of David Lloyd George”
  • "I Could be so Good For You" (Patricia Waterman/Gerald Kenny) – Theme from “Minder”
  • "It’s Still the Same Dream" (Kenyon Emrys-Roberts/Don Black) – Theme from “To Serve Them All My Days”
  • "Anyone Can Fall in Love" (Simon May/Don Black/Leslie Osborne) – Theme from “Eastenders”
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    Dave Koz

    ALBUMS

    Summer Horns

    Released 2013

    Hello Tomorrow

    Released 2010

    Greatest Hits

    Released 2008

    Masterpiece

    Released 2008

    Memories of a Winter's Night

    Released 2007

    At the Movies

    Released 2007

    Lucky Man

    Released 1993

    Dave Koz

    Released 1990

    A Sensual Collection

    Off the Beaten Path

    December Makes Me Feel This Way

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