the Golden Hour

Brand New Music From Dave Koz & Cory Wong
Release Date: June 11, 2021
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Dave Koz and Cory Wong
“The Golden Hour”
Street Date: June 11, 2021

“Getaway Car”…”Junkyard Dunebuggy”…”Engine 71”… For GRAMMY®-nominated artists Dave Koz and Cory Wong, there’s a method to the freewheeling madness in titling three key tracks from their rockin,’ jazzy, groove-intensive album, The Golden Hour, with a vehicular theme. For saxophonist/entrepreneur Koz and hipster funk guitarist/songwriter Wong (Vulfpeck, the Fearless Flyers, Cory and the Wongnotes), it’s their spirited attempt to capture in words the high octane spontaneous combustion and wind-in-your-hair carefree coolness that’s possible when musical masters of two different generations venture fearlessly off their regular career paths. Hightailing it into a live-in-the-studio, socially distant session with Wong producing and a powerhouse ensemble backing them, they’ve created a momentum-shifting project that puts them on fresh creative trajectories.

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In The Studio Videos

Project Highlights

A June 12 livestreamed concert on Looped will feature Koz and Wong performing on a roof of a house boat on Minneapolis’ St. Croix river, backed by Wong’s ten piece band.
Videos for each track – filmed live in the studio – will be rolled out beginning May 7 on Koz and Wong’s YouTube channels.
Album pre-order launches May 7 with instant grat track “Today.”
Koz kicks off “Summer Horns” tour in July and Wong tours Europe in the fall.
Koz’s 20th album, A New Day hit #1 on iTunes and Amazon jazz charts.
Wong’s recent releases include Cory and the Wongnotes, Motivational Music For The Syncopated Soul and Meditations with Jon Batiste.
Key press history: Vulture, Entertainment Tonight, American Songwriter, Star Tribune, “Good Day New York,” The Rage Monthly.