Dave Koz is the 1990 debut album by Dave Koz . It was released on Capitol Records on September 25, 1990. Koz co-wrote eight of the 11 tracks, as well as having a reworking of the Richard Marx hit "Endless Summer Nights ". He is supported by various people depending on the song.[ 2]
Dave Koz Released September 25, 1990 Recorded November 1989 – May 7, 1990 Studio Studio Ultimo and The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA); JHL Sound (Pacific Palisades, CA); Ground Control and Soundcastle (Santa Monica, CA); Entourage Studios, The Lighthouse, Kingsound Studios and Larrabee Sound Studios (North Hollywood, CA); Baby'O Recorders (Hollywood, CA); Knobworld (Echo Park, CA); Bunny Hop Studios (Sherman Oaks, CA); O'Henry Sound Studios and The Enterprise (Burbank, CA); The Loft Recording Studios (Bronxville, NY); The Sandbox Studios (Easton, CT). Genre Smooth jazz Length 51 :41 Label Capitol Producer
"Emily" Released: March 1990
"Nothing But The Radio On" Released: May 1990
"Castle of Dreams" Released: February 1991
Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [ 1]
"So Far from Home" (Koz, Lorber) - 6:10
"Emily " (Bobby Caldwell, Koz, Lorber) - 5:30
"Give It Up" (Koz, Lorber, Marx) - 5:53
"Nothing but the Radio On" (featuring Joey Diggs) (Klaven, S. Rose, G. Rose) - 4:31
"Castle of Dreams" (Koz, Jeff Koz) - 5:00
"Endless Summer Nights " (Richard Marx ) - 5:01
"Love of My Life" (featuring Cole Basquē) Koz, Elliott Wolff) - 4:24
"Art of Key Noise" (Koz, Claude Gaudette) - 0:27
"Perfect Stranger" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 4:34
"If Love Is All We Have" (featuring Cole Basquē) (Davidovicci, Derry, Homms) - 4:27
"Yesterday's Rain" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 5:51
Allen Kovac – executive producer
Bruce Lundvall – executive producer
Dave Koz – producer (1, 2, 3, 5), co-producer (6, 10), associate producer (9, 11)
Jeff Lorber – producer (1, 2, 3), recording (1, 2, 3), additional producer (4)
Steve Barri – producer (4)
Tony Peluso – producer (4), recording (4), mixing (4)
Jeff Koz – producer (5)
Claude Gaudette – producer (6)
Randy Nicklaus – producer (6)
Elliot Wolff – producer (7), recording (7)
Evan Rogers – producer (9, 11)
Carl Sturken – producer (9, 11)
Bruce Sugar – recording (5)
Howard Lee Wolen – recording (6)
Francis Buckley – recording (9, 11)
Matt Noble – recording (9, 11)
Eddie King – recording (10)
Gabriel Moffat – second engineer (1, 2, 5)
Fawn Rogers – second engineer (1, 2, 3)
Nick Els – second engineer (5)
Jeff DeMorris – second engineer (9, 11)
Sally Browder – second engineer (10)
Rob Ruscoe – second engineer (10)
Alan Meyerson – mixing (1, 2)
Keith Cohen – mixing (3)
Steve Peck – mixing (5, 6, 7)
Darrell Gustamacho – mixing (9, 11)
Neal Pogue – mix assistant (1, 2, 3)
Joel Stoner – mix assistant (4)
John Schmit – mix assistant (5, 6, 7)
Mike Harlow – mix assistant (9, 11)
Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA)
Mark Sullivan – production coordinator
Julie Barri – production coordinator (4)
Dean Freeman – photography
Jeffrey Fey – art direction
Tommy Steele – art direction
Dave Koz – alto saxophone (1, 3-7, 9), soprano saxophone (2, 6, 9, 10, 11), EWI (2, 6), arrangements (5), baritone saxophone (7, 9), tenor saxophone (7, 9, 10), saxophone key (8), breath noise (8), backing vocals (9)
Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1, 2, 3), guitars (1, 3), drum programming (1, 2, 3), additional keyboards (4)
Jim Lang – keyboards (4), drum programming (4), arrangements (4)
Jeff Koz – keyboards (5), guitars (5), drum programming (5), arrangements (5), backing vocals (9)
Claude Gaudette – additional keyboards (4, 5), keyboards (6, 10), drum programming (6, 10), arrangements (6, 10)
Elliot Wolff – keyboards (7), drum programming (7)
Carl Sturken – keyboards (9, 11), drum programming (9, 11)
Buzz Feiten – guitars (1, 2, 3)
Charles Fearing – guitars (4)
Carlos Rios – air guitar (5)
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (7, 10)
Alec Milstein – electric bass (1, 4)
Randy Jackson – fretless bass (2)
Matt Bissonette – fretless bass (5)
Sylvain Bolduc – bass sound design (6, 10)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 2, 3)
Billy Lewis – cymbal rolls (2)
Lenny Castro – percussion (5, 6)
Steve Reid – percussion (9, 11)
Kevin Cloud – snare drum (11)
Judd Miller – EWI programming (2, 6), Yamaha WX7 programming (5)
Tom Scott – Yamaha WX7 (5)
Tony Peluso – arrangements (4)
Randy Nicklaus – arrangements (6)
Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (3, 6)
Joey Diggs – lead vocals (4), backing vocals (4)
Marva Barnes – backing vocals (4)
Portia Griffin – backing vocals (4)
Bunny Hull – backing vocals (6)
Gigi Shuttleworth – backing vocals (6)
Cole Basqué – lead vocals (7, 10)
Elisa Fiorillo – backing vocals (9)
Michelle Gilgan – backing vocals (9)
Audrey Koz – backing vocals (9)
Evan Rogers – backing vocals (9), lead vocals (11)
Mark Schulman – backing vocals (9)