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 Sweet and “Please Come Home for Christmas” featuring Kimberley Locke.

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.”

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)