Saxophonic was nominated for both a Grammy Award and an NAACP Image Award. His albums there include Dave Koz (his 1990 solo debut), Lucky Man, The Dance, and Saxophonic. In 1989, Koz decided to pursue a solo career, and began recording for Capitol Records.

He also played in the house band of CBS' short-lived The Pat Sajak Show, with Tom Scott as bandleader. Koz was a member of rock musician Richard Marx's band and toured with Marx throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s, which was around the time he recurred as the guest saxophonist on the syndicated late-night talk show The Arsenio Hall Show. For the rest of the 1980s, Koz served as a session musician in several rock bands, and toured with Jeff Lorber. Koz was originally a rock saxophonist before he moved to smooth jazz in 1989. Within weeks of deciding to be a professional musician, he was recruited as a member of Bobby Caldwell's tour. He later graduated from UCLA with a degree in mass communications in 1986, and only weeks after his graduation, decided to make a go of becoming a professional musician.

He attended William Howard Taft High School in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, performing on saxophone as a member of the school jazz band. Although he is Jewish, Koz plays both Christmas and occasional Hanukkah songs at his concerts. Dave has a brother, Jeff, who is also a musician, and a sister, Roberta. David Stephen Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, record producer, and radio personality based in California.ĭave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologist and Audrey, a pharmacist.

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