Passengers stuck on a delayed flight to Seattle get an unexpected concert from jazz band

Passengers connected a formation from St. Louis to Seattle sewage an unexpected pick-me-up erstwhile jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam convention successful nan aisle while nan level was stuck connected nan tarmac hundreds of miles from their last destination.

It happened Aug. 11, erstwhile Koz and chap musicians connected nan Dave Koz & Friends Summer Horns Tour were headed to Seattle for 2 days of shows.

What was expected to beryllium a nonstop formation was beset by delays, including having to divert to Boise, Idaho, aft formation unit members timed retired and needed to beryllium relieved, and nan level encountered a mechanical issue, Koz said Tuesday.

Passengers connected a formation from St. Louis to Seattle sewage an unexpected pick-me-up erstwhile jazz saxophonist Dave Koz and bandmates held an impromptu jam convention successful nan aisle. AP

This wasn’t nan first hold nan set knowledgeable since its circuit started astir mid-July, and it moreover had to cancel 2 shows because of travel-related issues, Koz said. But nan hold past week was peculiarly deflating, not conscionable for nan musicians but for everyone connected nan plane.

“You could conscionable consciousness nan energy. Everybody was truthful frustrated,” Koz said.

A formation attendant who saw nan musicians bring their instruments connected committee asked if they’d beryllium consenting to play a opus while they were stuck successful Boise.

A video of them performing Stevie Wonder’s “You Haven’t Done Nothin’” — nan person to their show — went viral connected societal media. It shows Koz and chap saxophone subordinate Marcus Anderson grooving successful nan aisle pinch different horn players down them, and Jeff Bradshaw connected trombone getting imaginative to play nan ample instrumentality betwixt seats.

A formation attendant who saw nan musicians bring their instruments connected committee asked if they’d beryllium consenting to play a opus while they were stuck successful Boise, according to reports. AP

Passengers are seen smiling and swaying successful their seats, pinch immoderate signaling nan capacity connected their phones.

Anderson said it felt bully to assistance spirits, though Koz admitted being tense that immoderate passengers mightiness not for illustration “horns playing successful people’s ears.”

Anderson likened nan emotion afterward to that of a awesome workout astatine nan gym. The musicians ne'er thought astir nan anticipation of going viral, he said. “It was conscionable doing thing bully for nan people.”

They performed conscionable nan 1 song, but they knew that was enough.

“It conscionable was right, and it brought everybody together successful a measurement that was very special,” Koz said. “I’ll retrieve that infinitesimal for nan remainder of my life.”