''Off the Beaten Path'' is the third studio album by saxophone player

Dave Koz David Stephen Koz (born March 27, 1963) is an American smooth jazz saxophonist, composer, record producer, and radio personality based in California. Early life Dave Koz was born in Encino, California, to Jewish parents: Norman, a dermatologis ...

. It was released by Capitol Records on August 20, 1996. Koz himself provides vocals on "That's the Way I Feel About You."

Track listing

Personnel

– alto saxophone (1, 2, 5, 7, 9), baritone saxophone (2), tenor saxophone (2, 10, 13), soprano saxophone (4, 6, 8, 11, 12, 13), vocals (9), acoustic piano (13) * Jim Cox – Hammond B3 organ (1, 2, 5, 8),

Wurlitzer electric piano The Wurlitzer electronic piano is an electric piano manufactured and marketed by Wurlitzer from the mid-1950s to mid-1980s. Sound is generated by striking a metal reed with a hammer, which induces an electric current in a pickup. It is concept ...

(2, 11) * Brian Mann – accordion (1, 4-7) *

Jamie Muhoberac Benjamin Edward "Jamie" Muhoberac is an American session keyboardist with numerous credits. He is best known for his work with Seal and Was (Not Was). Biography Muhoberac has worked with acts including The All-American Rejects, Fleetwood Mac, B ...

– keyboards (2, 4) * Chester Thompson – Hammond B3 organ (3, 12) * Jeff Koz – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 12), classical guitar (1, 4), lead guitar (4) * Gregg Arreguin – electric guitar (1, 4, 5, 7-12), acoustic guitar (2, 3), lead guitar (12) *

Tim Pierce Tim Pierce (born 1959 in Albuquerque) is an American session guitarist. He has worked for artists such as Joe Cocker, Crowded House, Goo Goo Dolls, Michael Jackson, Beth Hart, Roger Waters, Alice Cooper, Johnny Hallyday, Phil Collins, and the ...

– electric guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 10, 11, 12), mandolin (1, 5), slide guitar (3), baritone guitar (4), classical guitar (4, 8), 12-string guitar (5), dobro (7), acoustic guitar (8, 9, 11) *

Greg Leisz Gregory Brian Leisz ( ; born September 18, 1949) is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, lap steel and pedal steel guitar. Biography Leisz grew up in the garage band cultu ...

– lap steel guitar (2, 11), lead guitar (10) *

Leo Kottke Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including parti ...

– acoustic guitar (6) *

David Piltch David Piltch (born January 29, 1960) is a Canadian bassist and session musician. Biography Piltch grew up in an artistic family. His father Bernie Piltch was a noted studio and stage saxophonist, clarinetist and flutist in Toronto from the ...

– electric bass (1, 2, 5, 11), bass (3), acoustic bass (8, 10), bass percussion (10) * John Pierce – electric bass (4, 7, 9, 12) *

Mark Schulman Mark Schulman (born September 4, 1961 in Los Angeles, California) is an American musician and corporate speaker. He performed with Cher as her tour drummer on her D2K Tour. Schulman is also a session drummer as well as a music producer, audio en ...

– drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10, 11) *

Kenny Aronoff Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer. Early life Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ener ...

– drums (4, 7, 9) * Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 3, 8, 10), djembe (1) * Brian Kilgore – snare drum (5), bass drum (5),

chimes Tubular bells (also known as chimes) are musical instruments in the percussion family. Their sound resembles that of church bells, carillon, or a bell tower; the original tubular bells were made to duplicate the sound of church bells within a ...

(5),

maracas A maraca (), sometimes called shaker or chac-chac, is a rattle which appears in many genres of Caribbean and Latin music. It is shaken by a handle and usually played as part of a pair. Maracas (from Guaraní ), also known as tamaracas, were ...

(7),

vibraphone The vibraphone is a percussion instrument in the metallophone family. It consists of tuned metal bars and is typically played by using mallets to strike the bars. A person who plays the vibraphone is called a ''vibraphonist,'' ''vibraharpist ...

(8), percussion (11), congas (12), tambourine (12), washboard (12) * Gary Herbig – baritone saxophone (3), tenor saxophone (3) * Nick Lane – trombone (3) * Greg Adams – trumpet (3), horn arrangements (3) * Chuck Findley – trumpet (3) * Phil Ayling –

tin whistle The tin whistle, also called the penny whistle, is a simple six-holed woodwind instrument. It is a type of fipple flute, putting it in the same class as the recorder, Native American flute, and other woodwind instruments that meet such criteria ...

(5) *

Sid Page Sid Page is an American violinist who has been active in many genres of music since the late 1960s. He has been a member of Dan Hicks and His Hot Licks. From 1973 to 1974, he was a member of Sly and the Family Stone and appeared on their album ...

– fiddle (5) * Larry Corbett – cello (6) *

Tollak Ollestad Tollak Ollestad is an American harmonica player, singer, keyboardist and songwriter. He is best known for his harmonica feature performance on the Northern Exposure tv series theme and on recordings by artists including Christopher Cross, Al ...

– harmonica (12) * Sharon Celani – backing vocals (4) * Stevie Nicks – backing vocals (4) * Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals (10, 12) * Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals (10, 12) * Jim Gilstrap – backing vocals (10, 12) *

Arnold McCuller Arnold McCuller (born August 26, 1950) is an American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He was active as a solo artist and session musician, but is perhaps best known for his work as a touring back- ...

– backing vocals (10, 12) * Kipp Lennon – backing vocals (11) * Mark Lennon – backing vocals (11)

Production

* Bruce Lundvall – executive producer * Dave Koz – producer, arrangements * Jeff Koz – producer, arrangements * Thom Panunzio – producer, mixing, recording (1-12) * Bob Salcedo – recording (13), assistant engineer * John Aguto – assistant engineer * Howard Willing – assistant engineer * Steve Hall – mastering * Valerie Pack – production coordinator * Shelly Haber – A&R * Leanne Meyers – A&R * Tommy Steele – art direction, design * Lisa Peardon – photography * Vision Management – management company Enhanced CD credits * Lou Beach – producer, graphic design * Richard D'Andrea – producer, graphic design, programming * Chris Silagyi – producer, graphic design, engineer Studios * Recorded at Groove Masters (Santa Monica, California);

A&M Studios The Jim Henson Company Lot, formerly A&M Studios, is a studio property located just south of the southeast corner of North La Brea Avenue and Sunset Boulevard in Hollywood. Originally established by film star Charlie Chaplin, the property serv ...

(Hollywood, California); House of Blues Studio (Encino, California). * Mixed at Groove Masters * Mastered at Future Disc (Hollywood, California).

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