While jazz hasn't really been a dominating pop force since the early 20th century, Dave Koz is less of a museum piece than Trans-Siberian Orchestra. Smooth jazz's sanitized, post-fusion fills a specialized niche: that of soft-focus, thoroughly inoffensive background music. But again, who's pretending otherwise? Tickets to the 8 p.m. engagement run $48–$124. Pricy stuff. —Corbie Hill