Throughout its history, the smooth jazz genre that saxophonist Dave Koz helped pioneer has been criticized as having predictable melodies and lack of improvisational complexity. Branford Marsalis ...

One of these years, Dave Koz may decide to retire from his annual Christmas concert tour, now in its 28th season. But not just yet. “The end is in sight,” the popular smooth jazz saxophonist said in a ...

Chart-topping, GRAMMY® award-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz returns to Ruth Eckerd Hall this holiday season with the 28th Anniversary Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2025 featuring Jonathan Butler ...

Ten-time Grammy nominated artist Dave Koz is bringing his friends and his 28th Christmas Tour to a heart-warming stop at the Lansdowne Theater on Dec. 6. He’s had 12 No. 1 albums on Billboard’s ...

SAN DIEGO – Saxophonist Dave Koz stops in at Humphreys Concerts by the Bay on Friday. Although Koz recently released a new album, “Just Us,” alongside legendary pianist, Bob James, for this concert he ...

In the pantheon of rock-bands-with-horns, the two usual suspects who come to mind are Chicago and Blood, Sweat and Tears. And if you expand musical genre to R&B, there’s Earth, Wind and Fire, Kool and ...

Fresh off a stripped-down duets album with pianist Bob James, Platinum-selling artist and saxophonist Dave Koz is shifting gears from an intimate pairing to a big, energetic horn section — one in ...

Passengers on a flight from St. Louis to Seattle got an unexpected pick-me-up when jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam session in the aisle while the plane was stuck on the ...

His first Grammy Award isn’t all Dave Koz wants for the holidays. But it’s certainly among its wishes. The veteran saxophonist, currently on the road with his 28th annual Dave Koz & Friends Christmas ...

Grammy-winning saxophonist Dave Koz and his band were on a plane trying to get to Seattle for the next shows in their tour. However, he and all the other passengers were frustrated to hear that, after ...