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Lucky Man is the second studio album by saxophonist Dave Koz. It was released by Capitol Records on June 29, 1993 in NYC, followed by a nationwide release in November 1993 and international release in May 1994. The album peaked at number 2 on Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart. The album has sold over 500,000 copies in the United States and has thus been certified gold by the RIAA.

Track listing:
1. “Shakin’ the Shack” (featuring Robben Ford & Chester Thompson) Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber 6:05
2. “You Make Me Smile” Jeff Koz, D.Koz 4:17
3. “Faces of the Heart” D.Koz, J.Koz, Jack Urbont 3:42
4. “Don’t Look Any Further (Prelude)” 0:40
5. “Don’t Look Any Further” (featuring Zelma Davis) Franne Golde, Dennis Lambert, Duane Hitchings 5:19
6. “Tender Is the Night” (featuring Phil Perry) D.Koz, Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken 5:55
7. “Saxman” (featuring Maceo Parker, Clarence Clemons, Stephen Kupka, Booker T. Jones, with a spoken introduction by Edward James Olmos) Allee Willis, D.Koz 4:25
8. “After Dark” Lorber, D.Koz 6:22
9. “Lucky Man” (featuring Charles Pettigrew) Jud Friedman, D.Koz 3:26
10. “Silver Lining” D.Koz, Lorber 5:15
11. “Wait a Little While” Carlos Rios, D.Koz 5:39
12. “Show Me the Way” D.Koz, J.Koz 5:22
13. “Misty” Erroll Garner 3:19

Personnel:
Dave Koz – alto saxophone (1, 3, 5, 7-13), baritone saxophone (1, 13), tenor saxophone (1, 7, 13), arrangements (1, 2, 4-12), keyboards (2, 6, 10, 12), soprano saxophone (2, 6, 7), additional keyboards (3, 7, 11), programming (4), saxophone (4), backing chanter (4), breath noises (4), backing vocals (5), EWI (6, 7), whisperers (7)
Jeff Lorber – keyboards (1, 8, 10, 11), arrangements (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9), drum programming (8, 10), synth bass (10, 11), programming (11)
Bill Payne – acoustic piano (1)
Chester Thompson – organ (1)
Jeff Koz – keyboards (2, 12), acoustic guitar (2, 12), bass programming (2), drum programming (2), arrangements (2, 11, 12), electric guitar (3), nylon guitar (3)
Brad Cole – keyboards (3), acoustic piano (3), sax section arrangements (13)
Dennis Lambert – programming (4), arrangements (4), backing chanter (4), backing vocals (5)
Tim Carmon – keyboard programming (5)
Anthony DeTiege – keyboard programming (5)
Billy Moss – keyboard programming (5)
Claude Gaudette – keyboards (6), acoustic piano (6), synth bass (6), strings (6), string arrangements (6), bass (7), drum programming (7)
Carl Sturken – keyboards (6), acoustic guitar (6), arrangements (6)
John Barnes – acoustic piano (7)
Kenny Moore – acoustic piano (7)
Booker T. Jones – organ (7)
Robbie Buchanan – keyboards (9), synthesizer programming (9), arrangements (9)
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (12)
Robben Ford – guitar (1)
Oliver Leiber – additional guitar (1), guitars (10)
Michael Thompson – electric guitar (2, 12)
Bob Mann – acoustic guitar (3)
Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars (7, 8), rhythm guitar (10)
Teddy Castellucci – acoustic guitar (9), electric guitar (9)
Buzz Feiten – guitar fills (10), additional guitar (11)
Carlos Rios – electric guitar (11), guitar solo (11)
Alec Milstein – bass (1), electric bass (5, 8, 10, 11)
Nathan East – bass (2, 12), electric bass (7)
John Pena – bass (3)
Jimmy Haslip – fretless bass (6)
Pino Palladino – fretless bass (8, 11)
John Robinson – drums (1, 9, 11), drum fills (8)
Rayford Griffin – drums (2, 12)
Ricky Lawson – drums (3)
Mark Schulman – drums (6)
Ed Greene – drums (7)
Curt Bisquera – drums (10)
Lenny Castro – percussion (1, 2, 10, 12)
Michito Sanchez – percussion (3)
Steve Reid – percussion (6)
Michael Fisher – percussion (7, 9)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (8, 11)
Maceo Parker – alto saxophone (7)
Stephen “Doc” Kupka – baritone saxophone (7)
Clarence Clemons – tenor saxophone (7)
Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements and conductor (3)
Jules Chaikin – string contractor (3)
Franne Golde – backing chanter (4), backing vocals (5)
Evelyn King – backing chanter (4), backing vocals (5)
Jheryl Lockhart – backing chanter (4), backing vocals (5)
Jean McClain – backing chanter (4), backing vocals (5)
Katrina Perkins – backing chanter (4), backing vocals (5)
Zelma Davis – lead and backing vocals (5)
Phil Perry – lead vocals (6)
Evan Rogers – backing vocals (6), arrangements (6)
Edward James Olmos – spoken introduction (7)
Charles Pettigrew – vocals (9)

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Released: June 29, 1993 (NYC)
November: 1993 (USA)
May 1994 (international)
Recorded March–June 1993
Length: 59:53
Label: Capitol
Producer: Dennis Lambert, Jeff Lorber, Dave Koz, Jeff Koz, Carl Sturken, Evan Rogers