1. David Stephen Koz was born on March 27,1963 and is an American saxophonist, composer, record producer, and radio personality based in Los Angeles, California.
22 Facts About Dave Koz
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Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologist and Audrey, a pharmacist.
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Dave Koz has a brother, Jeff, who is a musician, and a sister, Roberta.
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Dave Koz attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, performing on saxophone as a member of the school jazz band.
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Dave Koz 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.
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Dave Koz was originally a rock saxophonist before he moved to smooth jazz in 1989.
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Dave Koz was a member of rock musician Richard Marx's band and toured with Marx throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, which was around the time he recurred as the guest saxophonist on the syndicated late-night talk show The Arsenio Hall Show.
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Dave Koz played in the house band of CBS' short-lived The Pat Sajak Show, with Tom Scott as bandleader.
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In 1989, Dave Koz decided to pursue a solo career, and began recording for Capitol Records.
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Dave 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".
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In 1994, Koz began hosting a syndicated radio program, The Dave Koz Radio Show, featuring the latest music and interviews with who's who in the genre.
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Dave co-hosted The Dave Koz Morning Show on 94.7 The Wave, a smooth jazz station in Los Angeles for six years.
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Dave Koz decided to leave the show in January 2007 and was replaced by Brian McKnight.
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In 2002, Dave Koz started a record label, Rendezvous Entertainment, with Frank Cody and Hyman Katz.
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Dave Koz is the host of a weekly half-hour television series named Frequency put on by Fast Focus.
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On September 22,2009, Dave Koz received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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In October 2010, Dave Koz performed "Start All Over Again" in a Desperate Housewives season 7 episode "Let Me Entertain You", alongside singer Dana Glover.
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In 2018, Dave Koz collaborated with guitarist and regular Vulfpeck contributor, Cory Wong, on two tracks, "The Optimist" and "Friends at Sea".
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In 2022, Dave Koz collaborated with singer-songwriter Ben Rector on the track "Supernatural" from Rector's album The Joy of Music.
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In March 2025, Dave Koz released Just Us, a duets album with Bob James.
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Dave Koz occasionally plays keyboards and piano, with which he composes his songs.
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Dave Koz has been a resident of Sausalito, California since 1990.