# Dave Koz (album)

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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.

## Track listing

* "So Far from Home" (Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber) - 6:10
* "Emily" (Bobby Caldwell, D. Koz, Lorber) - 5:30
* "Give It Up" (D. Koz, Lorber, Richard Marx) - 5:53
* "Nothing but the Radio On" (featuring Joey Diggs) (Jeff Klaven, Sam Rose, Geoff Rose) - 4:31
* "Castle of Dreams" (D. Koz, Jeff Koz) - 5:00
* "Endless Summer Nights" (Richard Marx) - 5:01
* "Love of My Life" (featuring Cole Basquē) (D. Koz, Elliot Wolff) - 4:24
* "Art of Key Noise" (D. Koz, Claude Gaudette) - 0:27
* "Perfect Stranger" (D. Koz, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) - 4:34
* "If Love Is All We Have" (featuring Cole Basquē) (Jacques Davidovicci, Maribeth Derry, Brice Homs) - 4:27
* "Yesterday's Rain" (D. Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 5:51

## Production

* Allen Kovac – executive producer
* Bruce Lundvall – executive producer
* Dave Koz – producer (1-3, 5), co-producer (6, 10), associate producer (9, 11)
* Jeff Lorber – producer (1-3), recording (1-3), 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 (1-3)
* 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 (5-7)
* Darrell Gustamacho – mixing (9, 11)
* Neal Pogue – mix assistant (1-3)
* Joel Stoner – mix assistant (4)
* John Schmit – mix assistant (5-7)
* 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

## Personnel

* Dave Koz – alto saxophone (1, 3-7, 9), soprano saxophone (2, 6, 9-11), 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 (1-3), guitars (1, 3), drum programming (1-3), 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 (1-3)
* 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 (1-3)
* 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)