Dave Koz
Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, United States on March 27th, 1963 and is the Saxophonist. At the age of 61, Dave Koz biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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David Stephen Koz is an American jazz saxophonist.
Early life
Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologist and Audrey, a pharmacist. Dave has a brother, Jeff, who is also a guitarist, and a sister, Roberta. Despite being Jewish, Koz performs both Christmas and occasional Hanukkah songs at his shows. He attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, California, where he appeared on saxophone as a member of the school jazz band. He earned a degree in mass communications in 1986, and just weeks after graduation, he decided to pursue a career as a professional musician.
Personal life
In a May 2004 interview with The Advocate, Koz came out explicitly as gay. Since 1990, he has been a resident of Sausalito, California.
Career
He was hired as a member of Bobby Caldwell's tour within weeks of deciding to be a professional musician. Before he went to smooth jazz in 1989, Koz was a rock saxophonist. Koz performed as a session musician in several rock bands throughout the 1980s and toured with Jeff Lorber. Koz was a member of rock musician Richard Marx's band and performed with Marx in the late 1980s and early 1990s, just as the guest saxophonist on the syndicated late-night talk show The Arsenio Hall Exhibition returned to life. He appeared in CBS' short-lived The Pat Sajak Show, with Tom Scott as the bandleader.
Koz decided to pursue a solo career in 1989 and began recording for Capitol Records. Dave Koz's collection includes Lucky Man, The Dance, and Saxophonic. Saxophonic was nominated for both a Grammy Award and an NAACP Image Award.
In 1993, Koz released Lucky Man, his second album. Koz was approached by ABC's General Hospital producers in 1992 to appear on the show after his track "Emily" from his Dave Koz album was included in the show's soundtrack that year. Wendy Riche, a GH actor, had been asked to write a new theme song for the soap after his GH debut. Koz integrated the chorus notes into a brand new smooth jazz piece titled "Faces of the Heart" from Jack Urbont's "Autumn Breeze." The new theme music debuted on GM's 30th anniversary show, which aired on April 1, 1993, and remained as the show's title track until August 27, 2004. On Koz's Lucky Man album, "Faces of the Heart" became the third track on the album.
In 1994, Koz began hosting The Dave Koz Radio Show (formerly Personal Notes), which included the most up-to-date music and interviews with who's who's who knows who is in the field. On 94.7 The Wave, a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles for six years, was co-hosted by Dave. He volunteered to leave the show in January 2007 and was replaced by Brian McKnight. With Frank Cody and Hyman Katz, Koz founded Rendezvous Entertainment in 2002.
Since 2005, Koz has been promoting annual Dave Koz & Friends Jazz Cruises.
Fast Focus's Koz is the host of a weekly half-hour television series called Frequency. On the show, Koz interviews musicians such as Earth, Wind & Fire, Jonathan Butler, and Kelly Sweet. He appears to be in syncopation with the musician, with some of his saxophone riffs added to one of their hit songs at the end of each interview.
On The Emeril Lagasse Show, Koz was also the bandleader. Jeff Golub (guitar), Philippe Saisse (keyboards), Conrad Korsch (bass guitar), and Skoota Warner (drums) were among the band's guests.
"The Dave Koz Lounge," on Sirius-XM Radio Watercolors' "The Dave Koz Lounge," airs on Sundays at noon ET, is Koz hosts a weekly radio show.
Koz is a member of the Yamaha silver alto sax (YAS-62S Mk). (I) with a No. A Beechler metal mouthpiece, a Yamaha straight silver Soprano sax (YSS-62S), or a vintage Conn curved soprano sax with a No. 7 is included in the YSS-61S sax. With a Berg-Larsen 90/2 hard rubber mouthpiece and an 8 Couf mouthpiece and a Selmer Mark VI Tenor sax. He uses a No. 11 for reeds. 3 Rico Plasticover. Koz occasionally performs keyboards and piano, with which he also composes his songs.
Koz was named on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 22, 2009.
In a Desperate Housewives season 7 episode "Let Me Entertain You" with singer Dana Glover, Koz performed "Start All Over Again" in October 2010. He appeared on The Eric André Show, season 1 episode 7, and joined the house band in July 2012.
Spaghettini & the Dave Koz Lounge, a restaurant and live music venue located at 184 North Canon Drive in Beverly Hills, California, was opened by Carlos Hardwick and Laurie Sisneros, who own Spaghettini in Seal Beach in December 2014.
"The Optimist" and "Mates at Sea" were two tracks produced by Koz in 2018, together with guitarist and regular Vulfpeck contributor Cory Wong. In 2021, the two artists collaborating on the album The Golden Hour, which included the single "Today" in 2021.
Koz performed on the track "Unique" from Rector's album The Joy of Music in 2022.