Dave Koz News

The Maxwell C. King Center for the Performing Arts has announced four fabulous new shows, including SWING! Marc Antoine, MENOPAUSE THE MUSICAL and Straight No Chaser. Details below!

Sun Soul Orchestra is an inspired project that features a rotating collection of artists performing original music and covers arranged by Stevo Théard and Ginger Murphy.

Due to unforeseen circumstances, jazz legend Ramsey Lewis' upcoming performance at the Tennessee Performing Arts Center is being rescheduled for Saturday, October 3 at 8:00 p.m.

Sally Kellerman, the Oscar-nominated “Hot Lips” of the original “M*A*S*H,” will bring her new show, “A Little Jazz, a Little Blues, a Little Rock and Roll” to the new Dave Koz Lounge at Spaghettini Beverly Hills on Friday, May 1 at 8:30 PM. The acclaimed show is a celebration of her 40-year cabaret career, from early years at Reno Sweeney in Greenwich Village up to recent performances in New York, Hollywood and San Francisco.

Jim Caruso & Billy Stritch return to Bemelmans at The Carlyle Hotel with their evening of swinging standards on Easter Sunday, April 5, and run every Sunday in April, from 9pm to 12 midnight.

The 11th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival Presented by Monterey Jazz Festival takes place this weekend, March 27-29, 2015, at the Monterey Conference Center. The weekend-long event includes Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, and individual musicians vying for a spot on the stages of the 58th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival. The event will be open to the public, free of charge.

Sun Soul Orchestra is an inspired project that features a rotating collection of artists performing original music and covers arranged by Stevo Théard and Ginger Murphy.

For the second time since December, sax superstar Dave Koz presented Jim Caruso's Cast Party in his new music room, The Dave Koz Lounge, which is located at Spaghettini in the heart of Beverly Hills, California. Scroll down for photos from the concert!

Ramsey Lewis, the iconic jazz great and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master Award winner, brings his 50th Anniversary performance of "The 'In' Crowd" and "Hang on Ramsey" to the Tennessee Performing Arts Center's James K. Polk Theater on Saturday, April 25 at 8:00 p.m.

The 11th Annual Next Generation Jazz Festival Presented by Monterey Jazz Festival takes place March 27-29, 2015, at the Monterey Conference Center. The weekend-long event includes Big Bands, Combos, Vocal Ensembles, and individual musicians vying for a spot on the stages of the 58th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival. The event will be open to the public, free of charge.

GRAMMY Award winning vocalist and producer Steve Tyrell today celebrates the chart success of his new album, THAT LOVIN' FEELING, which entered the Billboard Jazz Chart at #5. THAT LOVIN' FEELING is Tyrell's 11 th album and his 9 th visit to the Top 5.

GRAMMY Award winning vocalist and producer Steve Tyrell today celebrates the chart success of his new album, THAT LOVIN' FEELING, which entered the Billboard Jazz Chart at #5. THAT LOVIN' FEELING is Tyrell's 11(th) album and his 9(th) visit to the Top 5.

At Birdland every Monday night at 9:30pm, Jim Caruso's Cast Party celebrates talent from every corner of the entertainment scene. Broadway, jazz, cabaret, pop, folk, country…over the past twelve years, the Cast Party crowds have been entertained by most every genre of music! This past week, the talent was off-the-charts. Rachel Tucker, the recent star of The Last Ship on Broadway, gained a slew of new fans with two Kander & Ebb anthems that had the crowd standing, stomping and cheering for more!

Following its highly successful January debut, The Nash announces two new performances of its popular free concert for kids, HOT DOGS AND JAZZ, February 7th at 11 am and March 7 at 11 am at The Nash, 110 E.

This week marks the anniversary of the No. 1 debut of Barry Manilow's mega hit song, 'Mandy,' on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1975. The Grammy, Tony, and Emmy Award-winning musician's career skyrocketed to superstardom when the song topped the charts in 1975. In the spirit of that special year, tickets to Manilow's concerts at Nassau Coliseum (March 27), Prudential Center (June 14) and Barclays Center (June 17) are priced to tie into that year and start at $19.75.

Barry Manilow announced that he is going to “hit the road” and perform concerts across North America ONE LAST TIME! with special guest Dave Koz, including the Prudential Center in Newark, NJ on June 14th and the Barclays Center in his native Brooklyn on the superstar's June 17th birthday.

Tune in to the 83rd Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade, the largest Christmas celebration in America, presented and produced by Associated Television International, hosted by Erik Estrada, Laura McKenzie, Dean Cain and Montel Williams.

Multi-GRAMMY nominee and saxophonist extraordinaire, Dave Koz, returns to Mesa Arts Center this season with the 2014 Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour. The high energy holiday show will bring special guests Jonathan Butler, Christopher Cross and Maysa for a live performance tonight, Dec. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Ikeda Theater. Tickets are available at mesaartscenter.com or by calling 480-644-6500.

Jim Caruso's Cast Party will return to the West Coast for one night only, tonight, December 17at 10pm. The 'extreme open mic' will take place at The Dave Koz Lounge at Spaghettini 184 North Canon Drive in Beverly Hills.

One more door opened today as Barry Manilow announced that the GRAMMY nominated Koz will be a special guest on his ONE LAST TIME! Tour in 2015.