Dave Koz
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | David S. Koz |
| Born | March 27, 1963 |
| Origin | Encino, California, U.S. |
| Genres | Smooth jazz |
| Occupation(s) | 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 |
David S. "Dave" Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist.
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Early life
Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologist and, Audrey Koz, a pharmacist. Dave has a brother, Jeff, who is also a musician, and a sister, Roberta.[1] Although he is Jewish, Koz plays both Christmas and occasional Hanukkah songs at his concerts.[2][3] He attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, 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.
Career
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 and early 1990s. He also played in the house band of CBS' short-lived The Pat Sajak Show, with Tom Scott as bandleader.[4]
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.
After his second album, Lucky Man, was released in 1993, ABC Daytime choose the third track off the album, Faces of the Heart, to be the theme song for their daytime drama General Hospital. It remained as the theme song for well over a decade. In the mid to late 2000s, the song was dropped for another theme for a short time, but returned. It is currently not the show's theme song.
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 The Dave Koz Morning Show 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.[5]
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.[citation needed]
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.[6] 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).[7][8][9]
Koz plays a Yamaha silver alto sax (YAS-62S) with a No. 7 Beechler metal mouthpiece, a Yamaha straight silver Soprano sax (YSS-62S) or a vintage Conn curved soprano sax with a No. 8 Couf mouthpiece, and a Selmer Mark 6 Tenor sax with a Berg-Larsen 90/2 hard rubber mouthpiece. As for reeds, he uses a No. 3 Rico Plasticover.[10]
On September 22, 2009, Koz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[11]
In October 2010, Koz performed "Start All Over Again" in a Desperate Housewives season 7 episode "Let Me Entertain You", alongside singer Dana Glover. In July 2012, he appeared on the The Eric André Show, season 1 episode 7, and sat in with the house band.[12]
In December 2014, he opened Spaghettini & the Dave Koz Lounge, a restaurant and live music venue located at 184 North Canon Drive in Beverly Hills, California with business partners Cary Hardwick and Laurie Sisneros, who own Spaghettini in Seal Beach.[13][14]
Personal life
In an April 2004 interview with The Advocate, Koz came out publicly as gay.[15][16]
Discography
Albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions |
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| 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 | 86 | 2 | |
| Memories of a Winter's Night | — | 7 | ||
| 2008 | Masterpiece | — | — | |
| 2008 | Greatest Hits | 184 | 3 | |
| 2010 | Hello Tomorrow | 104 | 1 | |
| 2013 | Live at the Blue Note Tokyo | |||
| Dave Koz & Friends – Summer Horns | 84 | 3 | ||
| 2014 | The 25th Of December | — | — | |
| 2015 | Collaborations: 25th Anniversary Collection | 187 | 1 | |
- A. "The Dance" also peaked at No. 67 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues/Hip Hop Albums.
- B. "Smooth Jazz Christmas" also peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Holiday Albums.
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart Positions[18] | ||
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| 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
- The Weather Channel Presents: The Best of Smooth Jazz, (2007)
- Taro Gold The Diamond You, (2008)
References
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- ↑ Matt Lopez, 'Spaghettini Beverly Hills Set To Open With Performance By Santana's Andy Vargas', TheBeverly Hills Courier, December 5, 2014, Volume XXXXVIIII, Number 48, p. 4
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