DAVE KOZ & FRIENDS - A SMOOTH JAZZ CHRISTMAS

Dave Koz, the Grammy-winning saxophonist is planning the next excursion of the annual Smooth Jazz Christmas tour. He’ll join forces with the tour's original cast--trumpeter Rick Braun, pianist David Benoit, guitarist Peter White and keyboardist Brenda Russell--for the trek, which begins Nov. 27 in Mobile, AL. The holiday outing will visit theaters in 21 cities before concluding Dec. 22 in Mesa, AZ. Details are shown below. Koz and friends will perform tracks from their respective catalogs, as well as songs from the tour's namesake album, A Smooth Jazz Christmas By Dave Koz & Friends, which was released in 2001. Koz has also released two other holiday collections: 1997's December Makes Me Feel This Way and 2007's Memories Of A Winter's Night. Last September, the he released his first retrospective, Dave Koz Greatest Hits, which includes "You Make Me Smile," "Can't Let You Go (The Sha La Song)" and "Faces of the Heart."

Smooth Jazz Christmas Tour Dates
November 2009
27 - Mobile, AL - Saenger Theatre
28 - Sarasota, FL - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
29 - West Palm Beach, FL - Dreyfoos Hall
30 - Naples, FL - Philharmonic Center for the Arts

December 2009
2 - Melbourne, FL - King Center for Performing Arts
3 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
4 - Cleveland, OH - Playhouse Square
5 - Chicago, IL - Auditorium Theatre
6 - Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
7 - Newport News, VA - Ferguson Center for the Arts
8 - Waterbury, CT - Palace Theater
9 - Morristown, NJ - Community Theatre at Mayo Center for the Performing Arts
11 - San Francisco, CA - Nob Hill Masonic Center
12 - San Diego, CA - Copley Symphony Hall
13 - Palm Desert, CA - McCallum Theatre
15 - Santa Rosa, CA - Wells Fargo Center for the Arts
17 - El Paso, TX - The Plaza Theatre
18 - Sacramento, CA - Radisson Hotel Sacramento
19, 20 - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
22 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Arts Center