Monday, November 20, 2006

ANITA BAKER PLANNING HOLIDAY CONCERTS

Grammy-winning singer Anita Baker will give her fans a reason to rejoice this holiday season with five select concerts and a special appearance on national TV in December. Starting December 2, Baker will visit Los Angeles, Oakland, Minneapolis, Chicago and Washington, D.C. for holiday performances featuring songs from her holiday CD, Christmas Fantasy (Blue Note), as well as songs from her acclaimed CD, My Everything (Blue Note), and other favorites. Baker also teamed up with jazz great Dave Koz and an array of international skating stars including Nancy Kerrigan, Ekaterina Gordeeva and Todd Eldredge, for ‘The Capital One Holiday Celebration On Ice’ television special, which will air on NBC on December 25 from 4pm-6pm ET, and will re-air on the Style Network on December 26, from 6pm-8PM ET. Baker’s Christmas Fantasy CD mixes traditional Christmas carols, standards, re-imagined classics, Broadway show tunes, and three new songs by Baker and producer/arranger Barry Eastmond. Guests on the CD include Joe Sample on piano, Larry Carlton on guitar, Nathan East on bass, Ricky Lawson on drums, and jazz quartet The Yellowjackets.

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