Dave Koz’s name is synonymo wh the smooth-jazz genre. He’s also one of the world’s most famo saxophone players and a proudly out gay man.
Contents:
- JAZZ: GAY MEN JAZZ
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- KOZ GO GAY
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
JAZZ: GAY MEN JAZZ
* dave koz gay *
For 15 years, before g out publicly as gay an 2004 terview wh The Advote, renowned jazz saxophonist Dave Koz thought dog so was the ultimate gamble: riskg his reer, fans, and rerd sal orr to live as his te to his surprise, the acclaimed mician received an credible rponse after g out. Growg up as a gay kid the '70s, Koz says there wasn't anyone he uld talk to about fdg his inty. I know that at our shows we're playg to both Democrats and Republins, but the whole dience is a meltg pot -- gay-straight, young-old, all different rac.
The people are very good-lookg, and Barcelona is very vibrant and very gay. Koz Go Gay.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
07Easy-listeng superstar Dave Koz cid to expose his homosexualy last. When he publicly me out 2004, he beme one of the world’s most famo openly gay micians to boot.
As a 54-year-old sgle gay man, how do your approach to love and relatnships differ om when you were younger?
KOZ GO GAY
I grew up like most gay kids a stranger my own fay. It’s one thg to e out as gay, ’s another thg altogether to e out as grey.
What are your favore vatn spots for a slightly bched gay time and a more romantic trip, rpectively? Another place that’s awome is Barcelona, a fantastic and very gay cy. Cape Town: you wouldn’t necsarily thk of as a gay mec, yet is.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
I jt me back om Honolulu, and ’s very gay-centric and fun wh lots of great nightlife. met David Mixner, the veteran gay rights activist, and. he's not gay, but I thk there was somethg about.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
It was a role which grew more challengg as the years went on, requirg creasgly extensive make-up and prosthetics to nvcgly portray the eternally boyish Sir Leighton persisted wh Daniel Day-Lewis-like fortu to fully hab “Koz” through the years and an oft-pellg story arc which clud his “g out” many tim: as gay, as a marijuana entreprenr, and perhaps most shockg to the fans, as a gray-haired man. Named one of People magaze's "50 Hottt Bachelors" June 2004, the openly gay Koz has embraced his sexualy both the public eye and private.
His journey om livg a closeted gay life to beg out and secure wh his te inty was one of the topics we touched upon a recent terview.
How did you make the cisn 2004 to e out as a gay man, a climate that n often be judgmental and discrimatory?