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To say that saxophonist and composer Dave Koz knows his audience and how the music business works would be an understatement, and this greatest-hits set is a case in point. Koz has been wildly successful since the very beginning. Strong evidence is that he has been with Capitol Records since his 1990 debut album. Another case in point is that he followed his 2007 best-selling At the Movies collection with a long tour and three more editions of the album, including the Double Feature CD/DVD set. Given how many new fans he acquired during that run, it made more sense to offer this Greatest Hits with some new tracks (for old fans) rather than an entirely new studio set. Why not interest the newcomers in your back catalog? It's smart business. Koz picked tracks from five of his studio records for this set and arranged them aesthetically around new selections rather than chronologically and left the At the Movies album wholly unrepresented here -- another smart move. As a player he has a very distinct sound on the horn, and his method sticks somewhat close to a formula -- synthetic and natural rhythms lay out a well-pronounced beat on the mid- and uptempo numbers as well as on the ballads. His playing walks closely along a set melodic path, with little to no improvising. His tone is closest to David Sanborn's without the edges, leaving his slick, sheeny productions with their soulful elements intact.
All of these cuts are arranged to showcase the strengths in that approach: there are a pair from both his self-titled debut and his 1993 sophomore set, Lucky Man (including "Faces of the Heart," his theme from General Hospital); three each from 1999's The Dance and 2003's Saxophonic; and one from 1996's Off the Beaten Path. Some of the bigger singles include "Emily," "You Make Me Smile," and "Love Is on the Way" with trumpeter Chris Botti. Some of Koz's notable all-star vocal collaborations are included as well, such as "Can't Let You Go (The Sha La Song)" with the late Luther Vandross and "Loves Changes Everything" with Brian McKnight. Koz's instincts are also keen even on the hits package: "Life in the Fast Lane" (no relation to the Eagles tune of the same name) was issued as a single. Other new tunes include the polyrhythmic dance track "Bada Bing" (co-written with Rick Braun and based on their mutual love of The Sopranos television series), as well as "And Then I Knew," produced by Rob Cavallo of Dave Matthews Band and Green Day fame. "I Can," with gospel star BeBe Winans, is a new vocal jam that is likely destined to be licensed by Hollywood as an inspirational anthem for a transitional scene in a future film. In fact, this collection is put together so seamlessly and cleverly, look for Koz to score singles with at least two if not all of the recent cuts. If you first encountered Koz on At the Movies, this collection will delight you by taking you deeper into his melodic world. If you are a seasoned fan, you can take comfort in the four previously unreleased tunes while waiting for a new full-length.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Nathan East, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Michael Thompson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Meyerson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bruce Lundvall, Producer, Executive Producer - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Rayford Griffin, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Koz, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC
Brian Culbertson, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Recorder, Trombone, Trumpet, Synthesizer, Drum Programming, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Alex Al, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - TONY MAIDEN, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Producer, Tenor Saxophone, Horn Arranger, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - David S Koz, Composer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Carl Sturken, Author - Evan Rogers, Author - Luther Vandross, FeaturedArtist - Dave Koz, Author, MainArtist
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, Inc.
Jeremy Lubbock, Conductor, String Arranger, Strings Conductor, AssociatedPerformer - Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Alan Meyerson, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Brad Cole, Keyboards, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Bob Mann, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Jeff Koz, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jack Urbont, Composer - John Pena, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Machito Sanchez, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC
Michael Thompson, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Sharpe, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Peter Mokran, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Gota Yashiki, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF LORBER, Producer - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Jeff Koz, Composer, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
Jerry Hey, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - John Robinson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Bobby Caldwell, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF LORBER, Composer, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Additional Keyboards, Organ, Recording Engineer, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - NORMAN BROWN, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - TONY MAIDEN, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Bill Reichenbach, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Gary Morris, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Hyman Katz, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Janice Dela Cruz, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Liz Healy, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Lois Gleckman, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Audrey Koz, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mel Pearlman, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Mark Tungwarapotwitan, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Randy Jackson, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Judd Miller, Programmer - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Meyerson, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Bobby Caldwell, Composer - JEFF LORBER, Composer, Producer, Keyboards, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer - Buzz Feiten, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Bill Lewis, Cymbals, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1990 Capitol Records, LLC
Mel Brown, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Dave Koz, Composer, Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Darren Rahn, Composer, Producer, Mixer, Keyboards, Recording Engineer, Drum Programming, Horn Arranger, AssociatedPerformer, StudioPersonnel - Jason Rahn, Flugelhorn, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Frank Selman, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 The Blue Note Label Group
Peter Mokran, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Urs Wiesendanger, Additional Keyboards, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - John Robinson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Chris Botti, FeaturedArtist - Paulinho Da Costa, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Landau, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF LORBER, Composer, Producer, Programmer - Paul Jackson, Jr., Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1999 Capitol Records, LLC
WALTER AFANASIEFF, Composer, Producer, Piano, Synthesizer, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - Vinnie Colaiuta, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - DAVE REITZAS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bebe Winans, Composer, Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Composer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Shepard, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel - Tyler Gordan, Engineer, Programmer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 The Blue Note Label Group
Tim Pierce, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Greg Leisz, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Gregg Arreguin, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Kilgore, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Jim Cox, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer - THOM PANUNZIO, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, MainArtist - Jeff Koz, Producer - Mark Schulman, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Piltch, Upright Bass, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1996 Capitol Records, LLC
Ricky Lawson, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Nate Phillips, AssociatedPerformer, Bass (Vocal) - PHILIPPE SAISSE, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - RICK BRAUN, Composer, Producer, Horn, Programmer, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Composer, Tenor Saxophone, Clapping, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - JEFF GOLUB, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Randy Jacobs, Guitar, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer - Erica Blue, Clapping, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 The Blue Note Label Group
Carl Sturken, Composer, Producer, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, AssociatedPerformer - Evan Rogers, Composer, Producer - Chris Wood, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, Co-Producer, MainArtist - BRIAN MCKNIGHT, Vocals, FeaturedArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Al Hemberger, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2003 Capitol Records, LLC
Dave Bassett, Composer - Rob Cavallo, Composer, Producer - Dave Koz, Composer, MainArtist
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 2008 The Blue Note Label Group
Judd Miller, Programmer - Lenny Castro, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Scott, EWI, AssociatedPerformer - Alan Meyerson, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Peck, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Claude Gaudette, Additional Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Koz, Composer, Producer, Alto Saxophone, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Matt Bissonette, Fretless Bass, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Koz, Composer, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Drum Programming, AssociatedPerformer
(C) 2008 The Blue Note Label Group ℗ 1990 Capitol Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
To say that saxophonist and composer Dave Koz knows his audience and how the music business works would be an understatement, and this greatest-hits set is a case in point. Koz has been wildly successful since the very beginning. Strong evidence is that he has been with Capitol Records since his 1990 debut album. Another case in point is that he followed his 2007 best-selling At the Movies collection with a long tour and three more editions of the album, including the Double Feature CD/DVD set. Given how many new fans he acquired during that run, it made more sense to offer this Greatest Hits with some new tracks (for old fans) rather than an entirely new studio set. Why not interest the newcomers in your back catalog? It's smart business. Koz picked tracks from five of his studio records for this set and arranged them aesthetically around new selections rather than chronologically and left the At the Movies album wholly unrepresented here -- another smart move. As a player he has a very distinct sound on the horn, and his method sticks somewhat close to a formula -- synthetic and natural rhythms lay out a well-pronounced beat on the mid- and uptempo numbers as well as on the ballads. His playing walks closely along a set melodic path, with little to no improvising. His tone is closest to David Sanborn's without the edges, leaving his slick, sheeny productions with their soulful elements intact.
All of these cuts are arranged to showcase the strengths in that approach: there are a pair from both his self-titled debut and his 1993 sophomore set, Lucky Man (including "Faces of the Heart," his theme from General Hospital); three each from 1999's The Dance and 2003's Saxophonic; and one from 1996's Off the Beaten Path. Some of the bigger singles include "Emily," "You Make Me Smile," and "Love Is on the Way" with trumpeter Chris Botti. Some of Koz's notable all-star vocal collaborations are included as well, such as "Can't Let You Go (The Sha La Song)" with the late Luther Vandross and "Loves Changes Everything" with Brian McKnight. Koz's instincts are also keen even on the hits package: "Life in the Fast Lane" (no relation to the Eagles tune of the same name) was issued as a single. Other new tunes include the polyrhythmic dance track "Bada Bing" (co-written with Rick Braun and based on their mutual love of The Sopranos television series), as well as "And Then I Knew," produced by Rob Cavallo of Dave Matthews Band and Green Day fame. "I Can," with gospel star BeBe Winans, is a new vocal jam that is likely destined to be licensed by Hollywood as an inspirational anthem for a transitional scene in a future film. In fact, this collection is put together so seamlessly and cleverly, look for Koz to score singles with at least two if not all of the recent cuts. If you first encountered Koz on At the Movies, this collection will delight you by taking you deeper into his melodic world. If you are a seasoned fan, you can take comfort in the four previously unreleased tunes while waiting for a new full-length.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 01:07:49
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Dave Koz
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Blue Note Records
- Genre: Jazz
© 2008 The Blue Note Label Group This Compilation ℗ 2008 Blue Note Records
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