Dave Koz

Dave Koz | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: October 16, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Capitol
• ASIN: B000002UUL
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,204 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. So Far from Home

2. Emily

3. Giving It Up

4. Nothing But the Radio On

5. Castle of Dreams

6. Endless Summer Nights

7. Love of My Life

8. Perfect Stranger

9. If Love Is All We Have

10. Yesterday's Rain

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Middle of the Road Sax Player, October 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Dave Koz (Audio CD)

Musically, Koz seems to fit about halfway between Kenny G. and David Sanborn on this CD. He lacks the hard jazz edge of Sanborn, but avoids the lightweight fluff of Kenny. The result is a pleasing, if variable mix, of that "soft jazz sound".

The interesting part, though, is that Koz himself seems to realize he's not a strong enough player to carry a whole instrumental album. The result is tunes like "Yesterday's Rain" and "Nothing But the Radio On", which features vocals and has Koz's excellent playing merely as background fodder -- very good background fodder, but fodder all the same.

Still, this CD is a great one to relax to, especially in front of a nice fire with someone you would like to make your significant other. Then maybe you too can have "Nothing But The Radio On"...

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars New Jazz Ager, June 8, 2001

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Pieter "Toypom" (Johannesburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dave Koz (Audio CD)

Before recording this debut album, Dave played on albums by acts as disparate as Joan Armatrading, U2, Ray Charles, Donny Osmond, Richard Marx and Gladys Knight & The Pips. On this album he is supported by experts Jeff Lorber (keyboards), Buzz Feiten (guitar), Randy Jackson (bass) and Tom Scott (sax) plus vocal contributions from Cole Basque and Joey Diggs. Koz plays the sax with gusto and his scope includes the full spectrum of pop, jazz and R&B. There's no doubt he enjoys what he's doing - on the track Love Of My Life, for instance, the mix of funky beat and Ms Basque's piercing vocal creates an effect not unlike that of Prince or Michael Jackson. Very exuberant.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite CD, May 10, 2003

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Saxophonist (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dave Koz (Audio CD)

Usually, musicians' debut CD's are not the greatest. Dave Koz is the exception. Two of my all-time favorite songs, Perfect Stranger and Give it Up are on this CD. Also good are Emily, Endless Summer Nights and Love of My Life. Dave brings a funky, pop feel to these songs that Kenny G could never do. If you buy one smooth jazz CD, get this one.