HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (Top40 Charts / Capitol/ EMI) Ultimate Christmas, featuring 18 holiday songs performed by Dave Koz, was released today by Capitol/EMI. The collection features the six-time GRAMMY® Award nominee's renditions of such perennial holiday classics as "The Christmas Song," "Winter Wonderland," "Deck The Halls," "O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)" and "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing" plus "
White Christmas" featuring
Kelly Sweetand "Please Come Home for Christmas" featuring Kimberley Locke. The songs were hand-picked from Dave's three previous holiday albums - December Makes Me Feel This Way, A Smooth Jazz Christmas and Memories of a Winter's Night.Koz also recorded two brand new instrumentals for Ultimate Christmas: "Welcoming the Season (Prelude)" and "Welcoming the New Year (Coda)."
Dave Koz and
Friends Christmas Tour 2011 kicks off on November 25th (the day after Thanksgiving) at Cobb
Energy Performing Arts Center in Atlanta, GA. Trumpeter/composer/producer Rick Braun, South African singer/guitarist
Jonathan Butler and Dutch saxophone star
Candy Dulfer will join Koz for the 14th anniversary of the tour. The four will perform hits from their respective catalogues and jam on new arrangements of holiday favorites. See below for itinerary.
"[Koz] works extremely hard at engaging his audience. His showmanship, in fact, is impeccable," said The Times of London. The Palm Beach Post called last year's Christmas tour "downright uplifting and energizing" while the El Paso Times observed: ""El Paso's love affair with Dave Koz, and his with us, showed no signs of letting up…as Koz and his latest touring companions lit up the Plaza Theatre like a Christmas tree."
Dave'slatest studio album, Hello Tomorrow, debuted at No. 1 on both Billboard's Top Contemporary Jazz Albums chart and iTunes' Jazz Album chart and was named the "Best Smooth Jazz Album of 2010" by iTunes. Hailed as "an event record" by The New York Times, it features "Put The Top Down," which spent 18 weeks at No. 1 on the Mediabase Smooth A/C chart (the longest stint at No. 1 of any of Koz's chart-topping hits), the Top 5 hit "Start All Over Again" featuring vocalist
Dana Glover and Dave's version of the Burt Bacharach-Hal
David classic "This Guy's In Love With You," which hit No. 1 on theBreakouts for Hot Dance Club Play chart. "Anything's Possible," Koz's latest single, was also a #1 hit record.
Track listing - Ultimate Christmas
Welcoming the Season (Prelude)
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
The Christmas Song
Sleigh Ride
White Christmas
Winter Wonderland
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Little Drummer Boy
Please Come Home For Christmas
Silver Bells
Eight Candles (A Song For Hanukkah)
Deck the Halls
Have Yourself A Merry
Little Christmas
O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree)
Silent Night
I'll Be Home For Christmas
Auld Lang Syne
Welcoming The New Year (Coda)
Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2011 |
With Special Guests Rick Braun, Jonathan Butler and Candy Dulfer |
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| 11/25 |
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Atlanta, GA |
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Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center |
| 11/26 |
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Sarasota, FL |
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Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall |
| 11/27 |
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West Palm Beach, FL |
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Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Arts - Dreyfoos Hall |
| 11/28 |
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Naples, FL |
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Philharmonic Center for the Arts |
| 11/29 |
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Melbourne, FL |
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Maxwell C. King Center |
| 11/30 |
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Clearwater, FL |
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Ruth Eckerd Hall |
| 12/2 |
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Chicago, IL |
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Auditorium Theatre |
| 12/3 |
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Columbus, OH |
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Palace Theatre |
| 12/4 |
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Cleveland, OH |
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Playhouse Square |
| 12/5 |
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North Bethesda, MD |
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Strathmore Music Center |
| 12/6 |
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Newport News, VA |
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Ferguson Center for the Arts |
| 12/7 |
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New Brunswick, NJ |
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State Theatre |
| 12/9 |
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Temecula, CA |
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Pechanga Resort and Casino |
| 12/10 |
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Oakland, CA |
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Paramount Theatre |
| 12/14 |
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Mesa, AZ |
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Mesa Arts Center/Ikeda Theatre |
| 12/15 |
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Palm Desert, CA |
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McCallum Theatre for the Performing Arts |
| 12/16 |
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Cerritos, CA |
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Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 12/17 |
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Cerritos, CA |
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Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts |
| 12/18 |
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El Paso, TX |
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Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Center |
| 12/20 |
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Santa Barbara, CA |
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The Granada Theatre |
| 12/21 |
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Modesto, CA |
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Gallo Center for the Arts |
| 12/22 |
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Santa Rosa, CA |
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Wells Fargo Center for the Arts |
| 12/23 |
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San Diego, CA |
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Balboa Theatre |
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