Dave Koz....

JAZZ SAXOPHONIST
Published: 10/10/2008 at 12:00 AM

Bangkok is going to embrace another jazz concert by one of the world famous saxophonists - Dave Koz, who will perform exclusively during the "Heineken presents Dave Koz Live in Bangkok" at Aksra Theatre of King Power Complex on Oct 16 starting at 8pm.
Hailed as the King of Smooth Jazz, the 45-year-old American saxophonist has established himself as a platinum-selling artist, humanitarian, entrepreneur, radio host and instrumental music advocate.
Dave Koz or David Kozlowski started his musical career after earning his degree in mass communications from UCLA in 1986 by playing for crooner Bobby Caldwell.
For the rest of of the 1980s, he served as a session musician in several bands, toured with artists such as Richard Marx and played in the house band on Arsenio Hall's late-night talk show.
In 1990 he decided to pursue a solo career and the move proved to be successful with his self-titled solo debut album. This was the first in a body of best-selling work, which includes the gold-certified Lucky Man (1993), Off The Beaten Path (1996), and the holiday-themed albums December Makes Me Feel This Way (1997) and A Smooth Jazz Christmas (2001).
His gold-certified fifth album, The Dance (1999), spawned no less than five Top 5 contemporary jazz hits. Saxophonic (2003) produced another four Top 5 singles and garnered him two Grammy nominations spanning two consecutive years.
In 2007, Dave released two chart-topping collections of standards. At The Movies, his lush, romantic celebration of timeless melodies from cinema, spent eight weeks atop Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz chart. Produced by the legendary Phil Ramone, it was nominated for a Grammy in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category.
The same year he released Memories Of A Winter's Night, a festive collection of holiday standards that hit No. 1 on Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz chart in December 2007.
His latest but first-ever retrospective album, released just last month, is Dave Koz Greatest Hits. The collection comprises many of his smash hits, including Castle Of Dreams, Can't Let You Go featuring the late Luther Vandross, Together Again, Honey-Dipped and All I See Is You - plus four brand new songs - Life In The Fast Lane, I Can, Badabing, And Then I Knew.
Dave also serves as a radio personality in two different outlets - on weekdays, as the host of an afternoon radio show that's nationally distributed on the Smooth Jazz Radio Network; and on weekends, as the host of the syndicated The Dave Koz Radio Show, now in its 11th year in approximately 120 markets, featuring the latest music and interviews with who's who in the genre.
As an entrepreneur, Dave founded a record label, Rendezvous Entertainment. As a philanthropist, he serves as Global Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation, recently completed a four-year term on the Grammy Foundation Artists Committee, has served as National Trustee for the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences (NARAS) and is an ongoing member of the Board Of Governors for the Grammy Foundation.
Dave is constantly touring, summer and winter, on land and by sea, with a summer tour, holiday tour, and Dave Koz-branded cruise via the Holland America Cruise Line.
The six-time Grammy nominee will be honoured by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce with a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame next year.

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