A Musical Tribute to Wayne Kozak
7pm Aug 2nd Jazz in The Park - 39 Days of July Festival Duncan BC
Join us in paying musical tribute to one of our Saxophone players the late Wayne Kozak. Wayne got his musical start in Edmonton playing with The Lord's and later with the well known band The Privilege which brought him to the west coast.
Wayne Kozak honed his jazz skills in Vancouver's thriving music venues in the early '70s, including the iconic Cellar jazz club, opening for the likes of Ornette Coleman and Herbie Hancock. He went onto become mainstays of the Canadian jazz scene as a founding member of Cobra, one of Canada's first fusion jazz groups. He played on many albums with a who's who of the Vancouver scene perhaps best known as the tenor sax man for the legendary Powder Blues Band.
Wayne became a sought-after session musician and performer who worked with such stars such as Tina Turner, Tom Jones, Bryan Adams, Dionne Warwick, Gladys Knight, Loverboy, and Randy Bachman, Long John Baldry, Jim Byrnes and Hans Stamer and of course Lust Life Jazz Band !
This will be a show to remember featuring the Tenor Saxophone stylings of Jeff Cooper in a tribute to Wayne.
