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Dave Koz is the 1990 debut album by Dave Koz. It was released on Capitol Records on September 25, 1990. Koz co-wrote eight of the 11 tracks, as well as having a reworking of the Richard Marx hit "Endless Summer Nights". He is supported by various people depending on the song.^[2]

1. "So Far from Home" (Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber) - 6:10
2. "Emily" (Bobby Caldwell, D. Koz, Lorber) - 5:30
3. "Give It Up" (D. Koz, Lorber, Richard Marx) - 5:53
4. "Nothing but the Radio On" (featuring Joey Diggs) (Jeff Klaven, Sam Rose, Geoff Rose) - 4:31
5. "Castle of Dreams" (D. Koz, Jeff Koz) - 5:00
6. "Endless Summer Nights" (Richard Marx) - 5:01
7. "Love of My Life" (featuring Cole Basquē) (D. Koz, Elliot Wolff) - 4:24
8. "Art of Key Noise" (D. Koz, Claude Gaudette) - 0:27
9. "Perfect Stranger" (D. Koz, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken) - 4:34
10. "If Love Is All We Have" (featuring Cole Basquē) (Jacques Davidovicci, Maribeth Derry, Brice Homs) - 4:27
11. "Yesterday's Rain" (D. Koz, Rogers, Sturken) - 5:51

• Allen Kovac – executive producer
• Bruce Lundvall – executive producer
• Dave Koz – producer (1-3, 5), co-producer (6, 10), associate producer (9, 11)
• Jeff Lorber – producer (1-3), recording (1-3), additional producer (4)
• Steve Barri – producer (4)
• Tony Peluso – producer (4), recording (4), mixing (4)
• Jeff Koz – producer (5)
• Claude Gaudette – producer (6)
• Randy Nicklaus – producer (6)
• Elliot Wolff – producer (7), recording (7)
• Evan Rogers – producer (9, 11)
• Carl Sturken – producer (9, 11)
• Bruce Sugar – recording (5)
• Howard Lee Wolen – recording (6)
• Francis Buckley – recording (9, 11)
• Matt Noble – recording (9, 11)
• Eddie King – recording (10)
• Gabriel Moffat – second engineer (1, 2, 5)
• Fawn Rogers – second engineer (1-3)
• Nick Els – second engineer (5)
• Jeff DeMorris – second engineer (9, 11)
• Sally Browder – second engineer (10)
• Rob Ruscoe – second engineer (10)
• Alan Meyerson – mixing (1, 2)
• Keith Cohen – mixing (3)
• Steve Peck – mixing (5-7)
• Darrell Gustamacho – mixing (9, 11)
• Neal Pogue – mix assistant (1-3)
• Joel Stoner – mix assistant (4)
• John Schmit – mix assistant (5-7)
• Mike Harlow – mix assistant (9, 11)
• Steve Hall – mastering at Future Disc (Hollywood, CA)
• Mark Sullivan – production coordinator
• Julie Barri – production coordinator (4)
• Dean Freeman – photography
• Jeffrey Fey – art direction
• Tommy Steele – art direction

• Dave Koz – alto saxophone (1, 3-7, 9), soprano saxophone (2, 6, 9-11), EWI (2, 6), arrangements (5), baritone saxophone (7, 9), tenor saxophone (7, 9, 10), saxophone key (8), breath noise (8), backing vocals (9)
• Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1-3), guitars (1, 3), drum programming (1-3), additional keyboards (4)
• Jim Lang – keyboards (4), drum programming (4), arrangements (4)
• Jeff Koz – keyboards (5), guitars (5), drum programming (5), arrangements (5), backing vocals (9)
• Claude Gaudette – additional keyboards (4, 5), keyboards (6, 10), drum programming (6, 10), arrangements (6, 10)
• Elliot Wolff – keyboards (7), drum programming (7)
• Carl Sturken – keyboards (9, 11), drum programming (9, 11)
• Buzz Feiten – guitars (1-3)
• Charles Fearing – guitars (4)
• Carlos Rios – air guitar (5)
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (7, 10)
• Alec Milstein – electric bass (1, 4)
• Randy Jackson – fretless bass (2)
• Matt Bissonette – fretless bass (5)
• Sylvain Bolduc – bass sound design (6, 10)
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1-3)
• Billy Lewis – cymbal rolls (2)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (5, 6)
• Steve Reid – percussion (9, 11)
• Kevin Cloud – snare drum (11)
• Judd Miller – EWI programming (2, 6), Yamaha WX7 programming (5)
• Tom Scott – Yamaha WX7 (5)
• Tony Peluso – arrangements (4)
• Randy Nicklaus – arrangements (6)
• Phillip Ingram – backing vocals (3, 6)
• Joey Diggs – lead vocals (4), backing vocals (4)
• Marva Barnes – backing vocals (4)
• Portia Griffin – backing vocals (4)
• Bunny Hull – backing vocals (6)
• Gigi Shuttleworth – backing vocals (6)
• Cole Basqué – lead vocals (7, 10)
• Elisa Fiorillo – backing vocals (9)
• Michelle Gilgan – backing vocals (9)
• Audrey Koz – backing vocals (9)
• Evan Rogers – backing vocals (9), lead vocals (11)
• Mark Schulman – backing vocals (9)