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for|the tennis television personality|David KozlowskiInfobox musical artist | name = Dave Koz| image = DaveKoz.jpg| background = non_vocal_instrumentalist| birth_name =| alias =| birth_date = birth date and age|1963|3|27| death_date =| origin = Encino, California | instrument = Saxophone , Piano , Drum kit|drums , EWI | genre = Smooth jazz | occupation = Musician , Radio host | years_active = 1990 & ndash; present| label = Capitol Records (19902008), EMI , Rendezvous Entertainment, Concord Records (2009present)| associated_acts = Bobby Caldwell | website = http://davekoz.com davekoz.comDave Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an United States|American smooth jazz saxophone|saxophonist .
Life and career
Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in Encino, California . Koz attended William Howard Taft High School (Los Angeles, California)|William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California|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 (musician)|Tom Scott as bandleader . http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.com/archive/? date=19910628& slug=1291538 Pack A Picnic And Head For Ste. Michelle's Big Outdoor Concert, The Seattle Times, June 28, 1991
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 Awards|NAACP Image Award .
In 1994, Koz began hosting a Broadcast syndication|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 KTWV|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 homosexual|gay man . Later the same year, he was named by People (magazine)|People magazine as one of their "50 Hottest Bachelors" in their June issue.
In 2006, Koz was selected to host a Broadcast syndication|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.cite web|url= http://fastfocus.tv/Media.aspx? id=290|title=Frequency - Hosted by Dave Koz|work=fastfocus.tv|publisher=Public Television Media|accessdate=2009-07-17 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 riff s 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).cite web|url= http://www.davidmixner.com/2010/03/television-emeril-lagasse-and-dave-koz.html|title=Television: Emeril Lagasse and Dave Koz|date=March 22, 2010|accessdate=May 10, 2010cite web|url= http://jazztimes.com/articles/25803-dave-koz-and-emeril-team-up-on-tv|title=Dave Koz and Emeril Team Up on TV|author=Aubrey Everett|publisher= JazzTimes |date=March 4, 2010|accessdate=May 17, 2011cite web|url= http://www.ionpress.com/Emeril/pdf/Emeril_Dave-Koz-and-Kozmos-Bio.pdf|title=Dave Koz & The Kozmos|accessdate=May 10, 2010
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. http://www.theowanne.com/mouthpieces101/playerSetUps.php? pid=62#SetUp Professional Saxophone Musician / Player Set-Ups theowanne.com
On September 22, 2009, Koz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.cite web|url= http://www.advocate.com/Arts_and_Entertainment/Music/Koz_Celeb/|title=Koz Celeb|author=Bruce Steele|publisher= The Advocate |date=September 22, 2009|accessdate=May 17, 2011
In October 2010, Koz performed "Start All Over Again" in a Desperate Housewives season 7 episode Let Me Entertain You (Desperate Housewives)|Let Me Entertain You , alongside singer Dana Glover (singer)|Dana Glover .
Discography
Musical recordings of Koz include: http://music.aol.com/artist/dave-koz/6910/discography Dave Koz Discography, AOL Music.com
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