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Dave Koz is the 1990 debut album by Dave Koz. It was released on Capitol Records in September 25, 1990. Koz himself 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
Studio album by Dave Koz
Released	May 7, 1990 (NYC) September 25, 1990 (USA and international release)
Recorded	November 1989 - May 1990
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	51:41
Label	Capitol
Producer	Steve Barri Claude Gaudette Dave Koz Jeff Koz Jeff Lorber Randy Nicklaus Tony Peluso Evan Rogers Carl Sturken
Dave Koz chronology
Dave Koz (1990) Lucky Man (1993)
Singles from Dave Koz
"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]

Track listing

1. "So Far From Home" (Koz, Lorber) - 6:10
2. "Emily" (Bobby Caldwell, Koz, Lorber) - 5:30
3. "Give It Up" (Koz, Lorber, Marx) - 5:53
4. "Nothing But The Radio On" (featuring Joey Diggs) (Klaven, S. Rose, G. Rose) - 4:31
5. "Castle of Dreams" (Koz, Jeff Koz) - 5:00
6. "Endless Summer Nights" (Richard Marx) - 5:01
7. "Love of My Life" (featuring Cole Basquē) Koz, Elliott Wolff) - 4:24
8. "Art of Key Noise" (Koz, Claude Gaudette) - 0:27
9. "Perfect Stranger" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 4:34
10. "If Love Is All We Have" (featuring Cole Basquē) (Davidovicci, Derry, Homms) - 4:27
11. "Yesterday's Rain" (Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 5:51

Production

• Executive Producers – Allen Kovac and Bruce Lundvall
• Produced by Steve Barri, Claude Gaudette, Dave Koz, Jeff Koz, Jeff Lorber, Randy Nicklaus, Tony Peluso, Evan Rogers and Carl Sturken.
• Engineers – Francis Buckley, Eddie King, Jeff Lorber, Matt Noble, Tony Peluso, Bruce Sugar and Howard Lee Wolen.
• Assistant Engineers – Sally Browder, Jeff DeMorris, Nick Els, Gabriel Moffat, Fawn Rogers and Rob Ruscoe.
• Mixing – Darrell Gustamacho, Alan Meyerson, Steve Peck and Tony Peluso.
• Mix Assistants – Mike Harlow, Steve Peck, John Schmit and Joel Stoner.
• Mastered by Steve Hall

Personnel

• Dave Koz – soprano, alto, and tenor saxophones, keyboards, keyhole percussion, EWI, arrangements
• Claude Gaudette – keyboards, drum programming
• Jeff Koz – keyboards, guitars, drum programming, backing vocals
• Jim Lang – keyboards, drum programming, arrangements
• Jeff Lorber – keyboards, guitars, drum programming
• Carl Sturken – keyboards, drum programming
• Elliot Wolff – keyboards, drum programming
• Charles Fearing – guitars
• Buzz Feiten – guitars
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars
• Carlos Rios – guitars
• Matt Bissonette – bass
• Randy Jackson – bass
• Alec Milstein – bass
• Kevin Cloud – drums
• Bill Lewis – cymbal roll
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• Steve Reid – percussion
• Tom Scott – Yamaha WX7
• Judd Miller – EWI programming, WX7 programming
• Joey Diggs – vocals (4)
• Cole Basqué – vocals (7, 10)
• Marva Barnes – backing vocals
• Elsa Fiorillo – backing vocals
• Michelle Gilgan – backing vocals
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals
• Bunny Hull – backing vocals
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals
• Audrey Koz – backing vocals
• Evan Rogers – backing vocals
• Mark Schulman – backing vocals
• Gigi Shuttleworth – backing vocals

References

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