Search - Dave Koz :: The Dance

William B. from DEEP GAP, NC
Reviewed on 4/27/2010...

A great blend of style & sound - everything from a honky, raw sax to a sweet, full sound. I would recommend this to anyone who likes jazz.

Dave Koz always stays ahead of the pack

E.A. Ware (eaware@mindspring.com) | Virginia | 10/06/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's the emotion Dave Koz's music has that sets him apart from so many other contemporary jazz musicians. THE DANCE is no exception. There's the upbeat feel good songs like Together Again, Can't Let You Go and The Bright Side, the sexy Surrender, the hauntingly beautiful Know You By Heart and Right By Your Side, and the very romantic You Are Me I Am You. Another thing that places Koz ahead of his contemporaries is his willingness to venture into fresh territory - never more so than with his OFF THE BEATEN PATH CD, but that sense of adventure and freshness is very present on THE DANCE as well. Even when Koz plays a song in a familiar genre format, he adds his own uniqueness to it making it always a delight to hear. On THE DANCE Koz takes a musically diverse group of musicians (BeBe Winans, Montell Jordan, Burt Bachrach, David Benoit, Chris Botti, Marc Antoine, and Luther Vandross) and a musically diverse group of songs (with covers of Garth Brook's The Dance, Michael Jackson's I'll Be There and George Michael's Careless Whisper along with his own Cuban Hideaway) and somehow comes out with a record that flows like a dance itself. Once it gets in the CD player it's hard to stop playing it. Koz is in his element here and it's great."

WOW OH WOW OH WOW

Janet Snyder | San Carlos, CA United States | 10/09/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It somewhat saddens me to say that THE DANCE has bumped OFF THE BEATEN PATH from my #1 all-time favorite CD (sorry rathje40@yahoo.com, but rest assured that OTBP will ALWAYS have a special place in my heart)! It's evident that Koz puts EVERYTHING into his albums...THE DANCE is no different! One can just feel the emotion in each note! When I listen to this CD, I feel happy, sad, beautiful, happy, sexy, happy, romantic, like I can dance forever, and did I mention happy? I just can't sit still listening to the whole CD, especially Cuban Hideaway! Makes it difficult to listen at work! :-) This CD almost makes listening to the radio boring. My REPEAT button has NEVER seen this much action!!! WAY TO GO DAVE!"