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.
KOZ GO GAY
As a 54-year-old sgle gay man, how do your approach to love and relatnships differ om when you were younger?
I grew up like most gay kids a stranger my own fay.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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?
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
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. 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. 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?