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happened Aug. 11, when Koz and fellow musicians on the Dave Koz
& Friends Summer Horns Tour were headed to Seattle for two days
of shows. What was supposed to be a direct flight was beset by
delays, including having to divert to Boise, Idaho, after flight
crew members timed out and needed to be relieved and the plane
encountered a mechanical issue, Koz said Tuesday.
This wasn't the first delay the band experienced since its tour
started around mid-July, and it even had to cancel two shows
because of travel-related issues, Koz said. But the delay last
week was particularly deflating not just for the musicians but
for everyone on the plane.
“You could just feel the energy. Everybody was so frustrated,”
Koz said.
A flight attendant who saw the musicians bring their instruments
on board asked if they'd be willing to play a song while they
were stuck in Boise.
A video of them performing Stevie Wonder’s “You Haven’t Done
Nothin’” — the closer to their show — went viral on social
media. It shows Koz and fellow saxophone player Marcus Anderson
grooving in the aisle with other horn players behind them and
Jeff Bradshaw on trombone getting creative to play the large
instrument between seats.
Passengers are seen smiling and swaying in their seats, with
some recording the performance on their phones.
Anderson said it felt good to lift spirits, though Koz admitted
being nervous that some passengers might not like “horns playing
in people's ears.”
Anderson likened the feeling afterward to that of a great
workout at the gym. The musicians never thought about the
possibility of going viral, he said. “It was just doing
something good for the people.”
They performed just the one song, but they knew that was enough.
“It just was right, and it brought everybody together in a way
that was very special,” Koz said. “I’ll remember that moment for
the rest of my life.”
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