'Life In The Fast Lane,' Co-Written With Darren Rahn, Is Most Added For
Three Weeks Running
Six-Time GRAMMY(R) Nominee To Receive Hollywood Walk Of Fame Star In 2009
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug 5 -- Capitol Records testament release
Dave Koz - Greatest Hits on September sixteenth. It's a fitting time for a
career retrospective of the renowned instrumentalist/composer, with the
Hollywood Chamber of Commerce lately announcing that Koz testament be esteemed
with a star in the sidewalk on Hollywood Boulevard's Walk of Fame in 2009.
Dave has had numerous No. 1 singles and No. 1 albums and been honored with
six GRAMMY nominations and an NAACP Image award nod.
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Although Dave Koz - Greatest Hits is packed with Koz classics,
documenting a career with incredible seniority and diversity, it too
provides a sneak trailer of Dave's next chapter with four-spot brand new
compositions. "Life In The Fast Lane," the first single, was most added for
three consecutive weeks and is already at No. 12 on the charts. "I wrote it
with Darren Rahn, i of the great gumptious writer/producers of today,
and it reminds me of the pace my life has taken over the past 18 years,"
says Dave. "It certainly feels like I've been travel in the fast lane
... and dead enjoying every bit of the ride."
"And Then I Knew," another new song, was produced by his champion Rob
Cavallo (Green Day, My Chemical Romance, Alanis Morissette). Although the
two get known each other since second level, this first Baron Marks of Broughton the number one time the
GRAMMY-winning producer has produced one of Dave's songs -- and his first
time producing an instrumental creative person. Other new tunes include "I Can"
featuring BeBe Winans and "Bada Bing" featuring Jeff Golub.
Signed to Capitol by legendary music executive Bruce Lundvall, Koz has
remained with the same label for almost 20 days. His self-titled debut
album was released in 1990 and yielded numerous hits, including his first
No. 1 single, "Castle of Dreams," and "Emily," a track he co-wrote with
Bobby Caldwell and Jeff Lorber. Both are included on Dave Koz - Greatest
Hits. Other highlights include "You Make Me Smile," Koz's signature song,
and "Faces of the Heart" from his first Gold album, 1993's Lucky Man.
("Faces of the Heart" was the stem song for ABC's "General Hospital" for
10 years.) His review, Off the Beaten Path, was accompanied by a PBS
special of the same name, and featured a more organic sound. The 1996
album's "Lullaby for a Rainy Night" is still unrivaled of Koz's all-time
favorites. The vacillation retro funk/hip-hop track "Can't Let You Go (Sha La
Song)" featuring the late Luther Vandross on vocals was one of two No. 1
hits from 1999's The Dance, which, like Lucky Man, went Gold. Saxophonic,
released in 2003, garnered Koz two GRAMMY nominations spanning two
sequential years. Like Lucky Man and The Dance before it, Saxophonic spent
over 100 weeks on the charts. Included here ar the breezy "Love Changes
Everything" featuring Brian McKnight and the funk-inflected No. 1 singles
"Honey-Dipped" and "All I See Is You."
In addition to recording a string of successful albums, Dave has found
the time to host a weekly syndicated radio show ("Dave Koz Radio Show," now
in its one-tenth year, is heard in approximately long hundred markets) and a day-after-day
afternoon wireless show nationally distributed on the Smooth Jazz Radio
Network, tour world-wide (his summer and fall shows are staples of the
touring industry and his "Dave Koz & Friends at Sea" sashay is in its
fourth year) and co-found an independent record label, Rendezvous
Entertainment. He is also a dedicated altruist, serving as longtime
Global Ambassador for the Starlight Children's Foundation and as an ongoing
appendage of the Board of Governors for the GRAMMY Foundation.
"An artist's calling is a two-way street and I am grateful for my fans'
assist in navigating me through this hazard," says Dave, who will wrap up
his summer tour on September 27th with a performance at Los Angeles' Greek
Theatre. Thereafter he'll tour Japan earlier embarking on the fourth part annual
"Dave Koz & Friends At Sea" cruise on Holland America Line's m/s Westerdam.
(Visit hTTP://www.davekozcruise.com for further details.) Dates for the
annual "Dave Koz and Friends A Smooth Jazz Christmas" tour testament be
announced shortly.
The track listing for Dave Koz - Greatest Hits is as follows:
1. You Make Me Smile
2. All I See Is You
3. Can't Let You Go (The Sha La Song) (featuring Luther Vandross)
4. Faces Of The Heart
5. Together Again
6. Honey-Dipped
7. Emily
8. Life In The Fast Lane
9. Love Is On The Way (featuring Chris Botti)
10. I Can (featuring BeBe Winans)
11. Lullaby For A Rainy Night
12. Bada Bing (featuring Jeff Golub)
13. Love Changes Everything (featuring Brian McKnight)
14. And Then I Knew
15. Castle Of Dreams
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