Bob James & Dave Koz - Just Us - Just Koz
Rooted in their decades-long friendship and driven by an adventurous spirit of creative camaraderie, contemporary jazz icons Bob James and Dave Koz mark a unique milestone in both their careers with the aptly titled duo album Just Us. A piano and saxophone only collection of fresh originals and colorful re-imaginings of Great American Songbook standards, its inspired format-free from the usual complementary support of a traditional rhythm section – liberates both to venture spontaneously beyond the trademark sounds that fueled their superstardom and years of Billboard chart-topping successes – and into a more spontaneous, organic soundscape ripe with dynamic new possibilities.
Bob James & Dave Koz - "New Hope" - Just Koz
A beautifully melodic, passionately performed reflection of the multi-decade friendship that captures the unique collaborative spirit Bob James and Dave Koz bring to their new piano and saxophone only album Just Us, the ballad “New Hope” is an elegant, soulfully soaring and deeply emotional reminder that we can be optimistic and even dare to dream amidst a dark, uncertain time. While in Saudi Arabia for a show in Jeddah, Koz and his friend and co-writer Todd Schroeder were overcome and inspired by wonderful people they met from this distant (and often misunderstood) culture and the endless possibilities that lay before them. Experiencing this as a microcosm of all the hope that still surrounds us in our world, despite the chaos so visible seemingly everywhere, they wanted to write a song that captured the feeling of anticipation for the many good things yet to come – including the vibrant reality that sometimes in life, we all have to improvise. The same wonderful feeling applies to fans of both James and Koz as they look forward to the release of “Just Us”!