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Born to a dermatologist father and pharmacist mother, Koz learned to play the saxophone from a young age, later playing in William Howard Taft High School’s jazz band. Despite subsequently graduating from UCLA with a degree in mass communications, the musician’s heart and soul were in music and Koz opted to pursue becoming a professional saxophone player. With very little time spared Koz was invited to join Bobby Caldwell’s touring band in the 1980s, after which the saxophonist would find himself touring with the likes of Jeff Lobber and Richard Marx. Following years of constant touring in which time Koz honed his live performance and improvisational skills, the musician played in the house band of the network TV show “The Pat Sajak Show”.
Following the show’s demise Koz opted to pursue a solo career and issued his debut, self-titled album in 1990. Released on Capitol Records, where Koz would remain for a string of albums, the record earned positive reviews and charted at No. 129 on the Billboard 200. The saxophonist’s second release on Capitol was the popular full-length “Lucky Man”, which peaked at No. 2 on the contemporary Jazz Chart aided by the No. 20 single adult contemporary single “You Make Me Smile”. Featuring Koz’s brother Jeff Koz on a number of the album’s tracks, the record went on to sell over half a million copies and introduced the musician to a much wider audience.
The full-length “Off the Beaten Path” followed in 1996 as did Koz’s debut live album “Live in Trinidad”. The following year Koz issued his first holiday album “December Makes Me Feel This Way” featuring a host of well-known christmas numbers and his brother on nylon guitar. In 2001 the saxophonist recorded his second christmas album “A Smooth Jazz Christmas” which peaked at No. 3 on the Contemporary Jazz Chart.
Following the release of his subsequent studio album “”At the Movies” Koz parted ways with EMI and signed with Concord who issued his 10th full-length album “Hello Tomorrow” in 2010. Three years later Koz would enjoy his greatest mainstream chart success with the collaborative album “Dave Koz & Friends - Summer Horns” alongside Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, and Richard Elliott. The record was subsequently nominated for Best Pop Instrumental Album at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards and followed by the 2014 Christmas album, “The 25th of December”.
With her beguiling vocals and powerful delivery, Haley Reinhart brings both raw passion and soulful sincerity to all her musical output. A 27-year-old singer/songwriter with timeless sensibilities, she began honing her formidable vocal chops by singing with her parents’ band at age seven. Reinhart has released 3 albums including 2 songs on Jeff Goldblum’s #1 critically acclaimed Jazz record including “My Baby Just Cares for Me” and great standout press from NME, Rolling Stone, BBC and more. Her 4th record Lo-fi Soul is out in March and promises to be her most intimate, soulful and heartfelt record to date, co-writing and co-producing the entire work.
Haley states “LO-FI reflects my analog heart while the SOUL reveals untold stories I want you all to experience with me! I’ve been told I’m an old soul my whole life and I feel like I’ve lived many... You’ll find me floating through time with different genres and eras in my mind that taste all too familiar, like a fine red wine. Classic Hollywood glamour meets an eternal free spirit, these songs will take you for a spin on my very own gritty carousel and leave you with a lusty hangover, only to come back wanting more”rld tour playing shows in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and attended a writing camp at Westlake Studios.
Some people have an unteachable natural charisma when stepping out onto a stage and American musician Dave Koz is one of these. The smooth jazz artist may now be in his 50s yet he moves around the stage with the energy and vigour of somebody half his age. A trusty saxophone in hand, he manages to captivate and entertain the crowds despite not speaking a word between long instrumental breakdowns.
It is the natural charm that he oozes between the performances that has the crowd so firmly onside as he thanks them sincerely for the support and for coming out this evening. He has shared stages with huge icons over the years yet he seems most contented with his hand selected accompanying musicians tonight as they jam through the likes of 'Starting Over Again' and 'Life in The Fast Lane'. His summer horns series has been called a roaring success and there is no doubt he will soon be recreating the magic at jazz festivals all over the globe so keep your eyes peeled for this talented instrumentalist.
The show was great. I have seen him four or five times but never by himself. My goal was to see him by himself and it was well worth it, it was a wonderful show and what was the greatest of all to me was he was not ashamed to share our Savior Jesus Christ. Falling in love with Jesus is an awesome song I just love it. Thank you Jonathan for coming to Oakland.
Jacqueline
The sound set up was horrible, it was way too loud and you could feel a strong distortion when the bass was playing. The sound of the band was so loud that you couldn’t enjoy Haley’s voice or even understand what she was singing
The accommodation was detestable, except for 15 high stools at the balcony, the only chairs available were far from any place where you can see the artist, I believe this was the wrong venue for this show specially because Haley is known for her vintage covers which a lot of old people like, so of course the place had many seniors that couldn’t enjoy the show at all, I saw several of them leaving 3 or 4 songs before the show was over.
As much as I like Haley I have to say that I am very disappointed at her too, I liked her for how mellow her voice is, the way she handles that rasp and the ability to connect to people without going too high with her voice, however it seems like she decided to follow the “rock star” path with a loud band and a rocker tone, the way I see it she is losing money, she would be better off with only one instrument (piano or guitar), but she obviously has the right to choose whatever path she wants, however if this is her choice I am not going to follow her any more.