Dave Koz and Friends: Summer Horns

Dave Koz and Friends: Summer Horns

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Personnel: Dave Koz (soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone) Gerald Albright (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone saxophone) Mindi Abair (alto saxophone, baritone saxophone) Richard Elliot (tenor saxophone).Audio Mixer: Paul Brown .Photographer: Greg Allen .Summer Horns is the first studio album from Dave Koz since 2010's Hello Tomorrow. That said, it's not solely billed to him. The "and Friends" on the bill refers to three other contemporary jazz saxophonists: Gerald Albright, Mindi Abair, and Richard Elliot. Produced by Paul Brown, this is a big up-front horn section record, full of jazz, funk, and R&B covers, alternately by Greg Adams, Tom Scott, Gordon Goodwin, and Albright. The four-sax line is augmented by brass in various places, too. While Brown's production sound stays within the genre of contemporary jazz -- it's both clean and bright -- the feel is all groove. Early on there is a finger-popping open-road vibe in the take on Herb Alpert's "Rise," and an atypical jazzy read of Sly Stone's "Hot Fun in the Summertime," with Brian Culbertson adding a trombone solo and chorus vocals by Jonathan Butler and Jeffrey Osborne. Abair's lead alto on the cover of Paul Desmond's iconic "Take Five" is slippery and warm, and rides the time signature beautifully the multi-horn arrangement by Goodwin, with its layered and interweaving solos and upright bass in place of the piano and drums, is a nice touch. Michael McDonald's vocal on Tower of Power's "So Very Hard to Go" is every bit as soulful as the Motown covers on his own records. Koz's lead alto breaks are tasty. Adams' chart substitutes elegance for grittiness, but the emotion remains. Led by Elliot's expressive tenor, Charles Stepney and Earth, Wind & Fire's "Reasons" is a groove-laden midtempo babymaker and a set high poin
  • Genre: Jazz Music
  • Dave Koz - Summer Horns [CD]

Country: USA

Studio/Live: Studio

Guest Artist: Michael McDonald; Jonathan Butler; Brian Culbertson; Rick Braun; Jeffrey Osborne

Label: Concord

Dimensions: 12.7 x 1 x 14.4 centimeters (0.05 kg)

Writer: Dave Koz

Producer: Paul Brown

GTIN: 0888072341722

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