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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Dave Koz\nEvent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/even
 t/detail/441062465/Dave_Koz\nEvent Date Begin: 2011-02-10\nEvent Date End:
  2011-02-10\n\nIn a career spanning two decades\, Dave Koz has established
  himself as a platinum-selling artist\, humanitarian\, entrepreneur\, radi
 o host\, and instrumental music advocate. A six-time Grammy (R)  nominee\,
  he was honored in September 2009 by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce wit
 h a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The list of artists who Koz has pl
 ayed with bears testament to his talent and includes such musical luminari
 es as Burt Bacharach\, Ray Charles\, Natalie Cole\, Celine Dion\, Kenny Lo
 ggins\, U2\, Barry Manilow\, Michael McDonald\, Luther Vandross\, and Rod 
 Stewart.\n\nBorn and raised in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley\, Koz initially 
 picked up the saxophone to gain entry into his big brother's band. What be
 gan as a ploy became a lifelong obsession. Years later\, after earning his
  degree in mass communications from UCLA\, Koz decided to become a profess
 ional musician. Within weeks of that decision\, he was recruited as a tour
 ing member of Bobby Caldwell's band. It was during this time that Koz befr
 iended keyboardist Jeff Lorber\, who invited Koz to come play on one of hi
 s tours. That stint was followed by a fourteen-month tour with pop singer 
 Richard Marx.\n\nThis Spring\, Dave will lead the live band and participat
 e in various other segments of &ldquo\;The Emeril Lagasse Show&rdquo\; fea
 turing Dave Koz\, which premieres on ION Television on April 18th. The hou
 r-long cooking/entertainment/lifestyle show will be filmed before a live a
 udience in New York City and air on Sunday nights at 8 p.m. Koz has also c
 omposed and recorded the show's theme song. The yet-to-be-titled song will
  be included on his upcoming studio album and marks the second television 
 theme song penned by Dave &ndash\; his &ldquo\;Faces of the Heart&rdquo\; 
 was used as ABC's &ldquo\;General Hospital&rdquo\; theme.\n\nSigned to Cap
 itol Records by Bruce Lundvall\, Koz released his self-titled solo debut a
 lbum in 1990. This was the first in a body of best-selling work\, which in
 cludes the gold-certified Lucky Man (1993)\, Off The Beaten Path (1996)\, 
 and the holiday-themed albums December Makes Me Feel This Way (1997) and D
 ave Koz & Friends - A Smooth Jazz Christmas (2001). His gold-certified fif
 th album\, The Dance (1999)\, spawned no less than five Top 5 contemporary
  jazz hits. Saxophonic (2003) produced another four Top 5 singles and garn
 ered Koz two Grammy nominations spanning two consecutive years.\n\nIn 2007
 \, Koz released two chart-topping collections of standards. At The Movies\
 , his lush\, romantic celebration of timeless melodies from cinema\, spent
  12 weeks atop Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz chart. Produced by the le
 gendary Phil Ramone\, it was nominated for a Grammy in the &ldquo\;Best Po
 p Instrumental Album&rdquo\; category. Memories Of A Winter's Night\, a fe
 stive collection of holiday standards\,hit No. 1 on Billboard's Top Contem
 porary Jazz chart in December 2007. Dave Koz At The Movies Double Feature 
 CD + DVD followed in early 2008\, which featured the At The Movies CD with
  two never-before-released bonus audio tracks\, a newDVD and a track-by-tr
 ack commentary.\n\nCapitol Records released Dave Koz &ndash\; Greatest Hit
 s\, his first-ever retrospective album\, in the fall of 2008 and it debute
 d at No. 1 on both Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and iTun
 es' Jazz Album chart. The collection included many of Koz's smash singles 
 &ndash\; including &ldquo\;Castle of Dreams\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;Can't Let Yo
 u Go&rdquo\; featuring the late Luther Vandross\, &ldquo\;Together Again\,
 &rdquo\; &ldquo\;Honey-Dipped&rdquo\; and &ldquo\;All I See Is You&rdquo\;
  &ndash\; plus four new brand new songs. Lead single &ldquo\;Life In The F
 ast Lane\,&rdquo\; which Koz co-wrote with writer/producer Darren Rahn\, s
 pent seven weeks at No. 1 on the R&R Monitored Smooth Jazz chart. It was f
 ollowed by the Top 5 single &ldquo\;Bada Bing.&rdquo\;\n\nDave serves as a
  radio personality in two different outlets: on weekdays\, as the host of 
 an afternoon radio show that's nationally distributed on the Smooth Jazz R
 adio Network\; and on weekends\, as the host of the syndicated Dave Koz Ra
 dio Show\, now in its 15th year\, in approximately 120 markets.\n\nAs an e
 ntrepreneur\, Koz founded Rendezvous Entertainment. As a philanthropist\, 
 he has served for 17 years as global ambassador for the Starlight Children
 's Foundation. Dave recently partnered with Vinum Cellars\, a Napa Valley 
 boutique winery\, and Whole Foods Market (R)  to introduce three types of 
 KOZ wines. He is donating all his proceeds from KOZ wines &ndash\; availab
 le exclusively at Whole Foods Market stores in Southern California\, Arizo
 na and Nevada &ndash\; to help Starlight continue its vital mission. Koz c
 ompleted a four-year term on the Grammy Foundation Artists Committee\, has
  served as National Trustee for the National Academy of Recording Arts & S
 ciences (NARAS) and is an ongoing member of the Board Of Governors for the
  Grammy (R)  Foundation.\n\nKoz is constantly touring\, with annual summer
  and holiday tours\, and even taking to the sea occasionally with the The 
 Dave Koz Cruise.\n\nWith a triumphant career as an artist and radio person
 ality\, and the well-earned respect of the recording industry\, Dave Koz's
  artistry\, commitment and influence continue to grow.\n\nStart time: 8pm 
 & 10pm
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