1999 Dave Koz – The Dance

Al McKay, Burt Bacharach, Chris Botti, Dave Koz, David Benoit, Dean Parks, Freddie Washington, Glen Ballard, Greg Phillinganes, Jeff Lorber, John Pena, JR Robinson, Lenny Castro, Luis Conte, Luther Vandross, Mark Portmann, Michael Thompson, Mike Landau, Nathan East, Paul Jackson Jr, Paulinho Da Costa, Randy Kerber, Ricky Lawson, Steve Ferrone, Vinnie Colaiuta

The Dance is the fifth studio album by American smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz. It was released by Capitol Records on September 28, 1999. The album peaked at number 2 on the Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. The album sold more than 500,000 copies and was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Tracks

1 Together Again (Dave Koz; Jeff Koz) 04:15
2 I’m Waiting For You (Dave Koz; Jeff Lorber) 03:19
3 Can’t Let You Go (The Sha La Song) (Dave Koz; Carl Sturken; Evan Rogers) 04:16
4 Careless Whisper (George Michael; Andrew Ridgeley) 06:10
5 Love Is On The Way (Dave Koz; Jeff Lorber) 04:47
6 Know You By Heart (Dave Koz; Skip Ewing) 03:39
7 Surrender (Dave Koz; Jeff Koz) 04:42
8 You Are Me, I Am You (Dave Koz; Carl Sturken; Evan Rogers) 04:53
9 The Dance (Tony Arata) 05:17
10 Cuban Hideaway (Dave Koz) 02:14
11 The Bright Side (Dave Koz; Jeff Lorber) 04:43
12 Don’t Give Up (Dave Koz; Burt Bacharach) 04:01
13 Right By Your Side (Dave Koz; Jeff Koz) 04:06
14 I’ll Be There (Berry Gordy; Willie Hutch; Bob West; Hal Davis) 04:16

Biography

Dave Koz

Musicians

1 Together Again

Bass	Bill Sharpe
Bass (programming)	Jeff Koz
Drums (programming)	Jeff Koz
Drum Sampler	Gota Yashiki
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Acoustic Guitar	Jeff Koz
Keyboards	Jeff Koz
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Lenny Castro

2 I Am Waiting For You

Bass	Nathan East
Drums (programming)	Jeff Lorber
Guitar	Mike Landau
Acoustic Guitar	Mike Landau
Keyboards	Jeff Lorber
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Paulinho Da Costa

3 Can’t Let You Go (The Sha La Song)

Bass (programming)	Carl Sturken
Drums	Steve Ferrone
Drums (programming)	Carl Sturken
Guitar	Carl Sturken
Acoustic Guitar	Carl Sturken
Keyboards	Carl Sturken
Keyboards	Dave Koz
Keyboards	Mark Portmann
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Lenny Castro
Background Vocals	Luther Vandross
Background Vocals	Kevin Owens
Background Vocals	Evan Rogers
Vocals	Luther Vandross

4 Careless Whisper

Bass	Ethan Farmer
Drums	George Johnson
Drums (programming)	Montell Jordan
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Acoustic Guitar	Jay Williams
Acoustic Guitar	Michael Thompson
Fender Rhodes	Anthony Crawford
Keyboards	Anthony Crawford
Keyboards	Jeff Koz
Sax	Dave Koz
Background Vocals	Montell Jordan
Background Vocals	Shae Jones
Background Vocals	Sue Ann Carwell
Vocals	Montell Jordan

5 Love Is On The Way

Bass (programming)	Jeff Lorber
Drums	JR Robinson
Drums (programming)	Jeff Lorber
Guitar	Mike Landau
Guitar	Paul Jackson Jr
Keyboards	Jeff Lorber
Keyboards	Urs Wiesendanger
Sax	Dave Koz
Trumpet	Chris Botti
Percussion	Urs Wiesendanger
Percussion	Paulinho Da Costa

6 Know You By Heart

Bass	Freddie Washington
Drums	Ricky Lawson
Acoustic Guitar	Jeff Koz
Piano	David Benoit
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Lenny Castro

7 Surrender

Bass	Bill Sharpe
Bass (programming)	Jeff Koz
Drums (programming)	Jeff Koz
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Guitar	Tony Maiden
Keyboards	Jeff Koz
Effects	Michael Thompson
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Lenny Castro

8 You Are Me, I Am You

Bass	John Peña
Bass (programming)	Carl Sturken
Drums (programming)	Carl Sturken
Acoustic Guitar	Marc Antoine
Keyboards	Carl Sturken
Keyboards	Mark Portmann
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Lenny Castro
Background Vocals	Cindy Mizelle
Background Vocals	Audrey Wheeler
Background Vocals	Evan Rogers
Chorus	Evan Rogers
Voice	Andy Vargas

9 The Dance

Drums	Matt Chamberlain
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Fender Rhodes	Randy Kerber
Keyboards	Glen Ballard
Piano	Randy Kerber
Piano	Glen Ballard
Programming	Glen Ballard
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Brian Kilgore
Background Vocals	Rick Nelson
Background Vocals	Alfie Silas
Background Vocals	Janet Mims
Background Vocals	Gloria Agustus
Background Vocals	Kathy Hazzard
Background Vocals	BeBe Winans
Vocals	BeBe Winans

10 Cuban Hideaway

Sax	Dave Koz
Effects	Dave Koz
Percussion	Luis Conte

11 The Bright Side

Bass	Nathan East
Drums	JR Robinson
Guitar	Mike Landau
Acoustic Guitar	Jonathan Butler
Acoustic Guitar	Mike Landau
Keyboards	Jeff Lorber
Keyboards	Dave Koz
Keyboards	Urs Wiesendanger
Programming	Jeff Lorber
Programming	Urs Wiesendanger
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Paulinho Da Costa
Vocals	Jonathan Butler

12 Don’t Give Up

Bass	Neil Stubenhaus
Drums	JR Robinson
Guitar	Dean Parks
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Acoustic Guitar	Dean Parks
Keyboards	Jeff Koz
Piano	Burt Bacharach
Piano	Greg Phillinganes
Flugelhorn	Wayne Bergeron
Sax	Dave Koz
Trombone	Nick Lane
Trumpet	Wayne Bergeron
Percussion	Lenny Castro
Background Vocals	Sue Ann Carwell
Background Vocals	Jackie Simley
Background Vocals	Jeff Koz

13 Right By Your Side

Bass (programming)	Jeff Koz
Drums	Vinnie Colaiuta
Drums (programming)	Jeff Koz
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Acoustic Guitar	Jeff Koz
Acoustic Guitar	Michael Thompson
Keyboards	Jeff Koz
Sax	Dave Koz
Percussion	Lenny Castro

14 I’ll Be There

Bass	John Peña
Bass (programming)	Jeff Koz
Drums	JR Robinson
Drums (programming)	Jeff Koz
Guitar	Michael Thompson
Guitar	Al McKay
Keyboards	Jeff Koz
Keyboards	Brad Cole
Sax	Dave Koz
Background Vocals	Mervyn Warren
Background Vocals	Tim Owens
Background Vocals	David Thomas
Background Vocals	Terry Bradford
Vocals	Mervyn Warren

Liner Notes

Producer – Dave Koz (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13)
Producer – Jeff Koz (Tracks 1, 7, 13, 14)
Producer – Jeff Lorber (Tracks 2, 5, 11)
Producer – Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers (Tracks 3, 8)
Producer – Montell Jordan, Schappell Crawford (Track 4)
Producer – Glen Ballard (Track 9)
Producer – Brad Cole (Track 10)
Producer – Burt Bacharach (Track 12)
Producer (Additional) – Urs Wiesendanger (Track 2)
Producer (Additional) – Dave Koz, Jeff Koz (Track 4)
Arranged By – Dave Koz (Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 11, 12)
Arranged By – Jeff Koz (Tracks 1, 4, 13)
Arranged By – Jeff Lorber (Tracks 2, 5 ,11)
Arranged By – Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers (Tracks 3, 8)
Arranged By – Brad Cole (Track 10)
Arranged By – Montell Jordan, Schappell Crawford (Track 3)
Arranged By (Strings) – David Benoit (Track 6)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Luther Vandross (Track 3)
Arranged By (Vocals) – Mervyn Waren, Jeff Koz (Track 14)
Concertmaster – Bruce Dukov (Track 4, 6)
Conductor (Strings) – David Benoit (Track 4, 6)
Engineer – Al Hemberger, Nick Els, Jeff Lorber, Jeff Koz, Doug Rider, Gabe Veltri, John Vigran, Ed Miller, Anne Catalino, Clark Germain, Brad Cole, Woody Woodruff, Scott Campbell,Brian Carrigan, Frank Nadasdy, Gus Mossler Recorded By (Strings) – Allen Sides
Engineer (Second) – Rob Murphy, Kevin Dean, Pablo Munguia, Greg Burns, Marc Levisohn, Aaron Kaplan, Robert Lopez, Tom Sweeney, John Tyree, Bill Deitzman, Shantih Haast, Jeff Shannon, Kevin
Guarnieri, Daniel Hart, Dennis Tousana
Mastered By – Steve Hall
Mixed By – Peter Mokran
Mixed By (Assistant) – John Nelson, Tony Flores, Wes Seidman

Art Direction – Jeffery Fey, Tommy Steele
Photography – Sam Jones

Mastered At Future Disc Systems, LA, CA
Mixed At Conway Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA
Recorded At The Loft, Bronxville, NY
Recorded At The Hit Factory, NY, NY
Recorded At Chicago Recording Co, Chicago, IL
Recorded At Sunset Sound, LA, CA
Recorded At Ocean Way Studios, LA, CA
Recorded At Paramount Recording, LA, CA
Recorded At Westlake Audio, LA, CA
Recorded At Java Studios, LA, CA
Recorded At JHL Sound, Pacific Palasides, CA
Recorded At Pacific Palisades, CA
Recorded At HUM Music, Santa Monica, CA
Recorded At Sound Design, Santa Monica, CA
Recorded At 29th Street Studio, Torrance, CA
Recorded At O’Henry Studios, Burbank, CA
Recorded At The Cole Mine, North Hollywood, CA
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