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Contents. Early life Dave Koz was born on March 27, 1963 in 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. Although he is Jewish, Koz plays both Christmas and occasional Hanukkah songs at his concerts. He attended in, performing on saxophone as a member of the school jazz band.

He later graduated from with a degree in 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 's tour. For the rest of the 1980s, Koz served as a in several bands, toured with. Koz was a member of 's band and toured with Marx throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. He also played in the house band of ' short-lived, with as bandleader.

He also often guest-starred as the saxophone player on in the 1980s to mid 1990s. In 1990, Koz decided to pursue a solo career, and began recording for. His albums there include Dave Koz (his 1990 solo debut), and.

Saxophonic was nominated for both a and an. Koz released his second album, Lucky Man, in 1993. During production of the album in 1992, Koz was approached by the producers of 's to perform on the show after his track entitled 'Emily', from his Dave Koz album, was used as part of the show's soundtrack that year. After his GH appearance, executive producer commissioned Koz to write a new theme song for the soap.

Koz took elements from the show's existing theme song, Jack Urbont's 'Autumn Breeze', and merged the chorus notes into a brand new smooth jazz composition titled 'Faces of the Heart'. The new theme music made its debut on General Hospital's 30th anniversary show, which aired April 1, 1993, and remained as the show's title track until August 27, 2004. 'Faces of the Heart' ended up as the third track on Koz's Lucky Man album. In 1994, Koz began hosting a, 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, a station in Los Angeles for six years.

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He decided to leave the show in January 2007 and was replaced. In 2002, Koz started a record label, with and Hyman Katz. Dave and performing at the Dave Koz & Friends Smooth Jazz Cruise 2006 In 2006, Koz was selected to host a 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 also collaborated as a guest star with, Indonesia, for their album.

Koz and are the only two Smooth Jazz personalities to host two different syndicated shows during the week. /'s 'Forever Cool' (2007) features Koz in a new arrangement of 'Just in Time' with the voice of. 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. Koz interviews musicians on the show such as, and. At the end of each interview, he plays along with the musician, adding some of his saxophone to one of their hit songs. Koz was also the bandleader on. The band, Dave Koz & The Kozmos, featured (guitar), (keyboards), Conrad Korsch (bass guitar), and (drums).

Koz hosts a weekly radio show on the channel called 'The Dave Koz Lounge,' which airs Sundays at noon ET. 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. On September 22, 2009, Koz received a star on the.

In October 2010, Koz performed 'Start All Over Again' in a season 7 episode ', alongside singer. In July 2012, he appeared on, season 1 episode 7, and sat in with the house band. In December 2014, he opened Spaghettini & the Dave Koz Lounge, a restaurant and live music venue located at 184 North Canon Drive in with business partners Cary Hardwick and Laurie Sisneros, who own Spaghettini in. Personal life In an April 2004 interview with, Koz came out publicly as. Discography Studio albums Year Album details Peak chart positions 1990 129 1993 176 — 1996 182 — 1997 — 1999 190 3 2001 140 3 2002 Golden Slumbers: A Father's Lullaby — — 2003 (2003) — 2 2005 Golden Slumbers: A Father's Love — — 2007 86 2 2007 — 7 2010 104 1 2013 Dave Koz & Friends – 84 3 2014 The 25th Of December — — 2015 Collaborations: 25th Anniversary Collection 187 1 2017 Dave Koz & Friends: 20th Anniversary Christmas — — Live albums Year Album details Peak chart positions 1996 Live in Trinidad — — 2013 Live at the Blue Note Tokyo — —. A. 'The Dance' also peaked at No. 67 on Billboard's Rhythm & Blues/Hip Hop Albums.

'Smooth Jazz Christmas' also peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's Holiday Albums. Compilation albums Year Album details Peak chart positions 2008 Greatest Hits 184 3 Other albums Year Album details Peak chart positions 2008 Masterpiece C — —. C. Ford, Dave (August 20, 2004). Retrieved 2013-11-29. Akamatsu, Rhetta (November 27, 2011). Retrieved 2013-11-29.

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The Advocate. September 22, 2009. Retrieved August 21, 2013. His first CD of all-new, original material since he came out in The Advocate in 2004. Vary, Adam B.

(April 27, 2004). The Advocate – via (subscription required). Retrieved August 21, 2013. Credibility is one of the main reasons why I feel like now is the time to bring my sexuality to my music, to my professional life. I couldn't actually be who I really was, and I went along with it for a long time, until it was just too much to take, and I couldn't deal with that anymore. Retrieved 2009-11-05.

Retrieved 2009-06-06. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to. Dave Koz reflects on discovering his love for the saxophone.