Exclusive: Dave Koz Reflects on Today’s Release of “Hello Tomorrow”

(found at the site TheComet.com )

Award-winning saxophonist/artist Dave Koz has taken The Comet readers through emotional journey into the making of his new album “Hello Tomorrow,” released Oct. 12. In the fourth of a four-part blog series, Koz talks about his guest artists and the excitement of album release day.

Well, here it is – the release day of “Hello Tomorrow.” Always a funny feeling, this day. I’ve had it 11 times before, and with every album it’s the same – a combination of excitement and uneasiness that’s associated with birthing something so near and dear and important and special. Of course, every artist hopes the world likes their baby, but today I am writing this with a new sense of confidence about this particular album that I don’t recall having quite in the same way before with other projects. As it was with every aspect of this one – from the very beginning, everything seems new and fresh. >> Read More

My Thoughts on Will Ackerman's "New England Roads" CD

This is so ironic. Back in the early 90s I was introduced to the Windham Hill label while working as a night janitor at a Target store when I first moved to Missouri. The album, "Windham Hill Records Sampler '88" I saw in Target and rushed to buy that album as well as the "Windham Hill Sampler '86" and from there my love for this beautiful music journey began. The very first composition I heard from Will Ackerman was "Climbing in Geometry", originally from the "Conferring With The Moon" on the '88 sampler and when hearing the track I knew I have found the type of music I had been seeking all of my life.