Artist:Dave Koz and Friends
Song:Before I Let Go
Album:Summer Horns II: From A to Z
Saxophonist Dave Koz has been a fixture at the top of the jazz charts since the 90s. He's at the forefront of the Smooth Jazz movement. Smooth Jazz is for people who don't listen to jazz. It's become what Easy Listening was in the 50s. Koz was born Mar. 27, 1963 in Tarzana, CA. His brother Jeff Koz is also a musician. Koz played sax in his high school jazz band. In 1986, he graduated from UCLA with a degree in mass communication. Then he decided to become a musician. He started out touring with Bobby Caldwell and then Jeff Lorber and Richard Marx. He signed with Capitol Records and released his 1990 debut album Dave Koz. Koz was a regular guest on The Arsenio Hall Show and he was in Tom Scott's band on The Pat Sajak Show. He appeared on the daytime soap General Hospital and wrote a theme song. It's those kind of appearances that made Koz a popular jazz artist. He has hosted several radio shows over the years. And he has run the Dave Koz & Friends Jazz Cruise since 2005. Kox moved from Capitol to Concord in 2010. This cover of Frankie Beverly's Before I Let Go is is from the 2018 album Summer Horns II: From A to Z. It's a sequel to the 2013 album Summer Horns featuring Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair and Richard Elliot. This was used to promote a tour and they appeared on the entire album. It was so successful that Koz decided to do a Summer Horns II tour and album with Albright, Elliot, Rick Braun and Aubrey Logan. They did tour but Albright, Elliot and Logan only appeared on a couple tracks each. Braun produced so he's on the whole album. This was Koz's final album for Concord. Since then he has released three albums on his own label, most recently in 2021. Koz is not on tour right now. He is running his cruise in May. Maybe he's looking to wind down his career. Here's Dave Koz featuring Gerald Albright and Rick Braun performing Before I Let Go in Atlanta 2019.
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