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Featuring “Cool Yule” (Added at SiriusXM/Real Jazz), “We Need A Little Christmas” & “Let Me Carry You This Christmas”
Concord Theatricals Recordings release Let Me Carry You This Christmas, a new album by award-winning singer and actor Darius de Haas. The album’s all-star musician lineup includes pianist/composer Matthew Whitaker, drummer Mark McLean, bassist George Farmer, pianist Tedd Firth, guitarist Armand Hirsch, as well as amazing orchestral arrangements from Charlie Rosen (Some Like It Hot) and David Chase (Roundabout’s Kiss Me, Kate). Darius shares his love of the holidays, cherished family memories, and expanding his musical palette through timeless classics like “We Need A Little Christmas,” “Silent Night,” “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas,” as well as the Steve Allen penned “Cool Yule” (introduced by Louis Armstrong) and newer songs destined to become classics such as Mervyn Warren’s “Who Would Imagine A King” (from The Preacher’s Wife), Annie Lennox’s “Cold” and the title song “Let Me Carry You This Christmas” written for Darius by Tom Mizer and Curtis Moore (of …Maisel).
This dream-come-true album is the culmination of so many wonderful things coming together: my love for the holidays and holiday music, the great musical artists on whose shoulders I stand and who have inspired me, and my dear family who I celebrate and who gave me this love of music from the beginning,” said de Haas. “It is also my offering of love, joy and comfort to all in this season and beyond.” |
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"Let Me Carry You This Christmas" (Official Video)
2025 Tour Dates: 12/16/25 – “Darius de Haas: Let Me Carry You This Christmas,” 54 Below (NYC) 12/17/25 – “Darius de Haas: Let Me Carry You This Christmas,” 54 Below (NYC)
Darius de Haas enjoys a multifaceted career as an award-winning widely acclaimed popular singer and actor. Born in Chicago and raised in a musical family he has proven successful as a performer ranging from the Broadway stage to recordings to concert venues throughout the world. He has been described by The New York Times as …”An astonishing vocal acrobat, Mr. de Haas combines the timbre of a pure wind instrument with a fearless but disciplined theatricality and the swinging authority of a jazz powerhouse” and as a vocalist “who can reveal the sorrows, pains and joys of the composer’s richly layered repertoire with an intensity and honesty that easily envelops and mesmerizes the listener.”
Darius de Haas - BIO Born and raised in Chicago, Darius is rooted in a musical legacy forged by his father, jazz bassist, Eddie de Haas and his mother, singer and producer Geraldine Bey de Haas, aunt, singer and Toronto entertainment legend Salome Bey and uncle, renowned singer/pianist Andy Bey (Andy and The Bey Sisters) Darius is a singer in the popular and jazz tradition with singular abilities and a musical range that have established him as a performer in a variety of settings from the concerts to the recording studio to the Broadway stage.
Notable concerts include The Lincoln Center American Songbook, Duke Ellington’s Sacred Concert at Disney Concert Hall, The Alvin Ailey Dance Theater’s 50th Anniversary Gala (honoring Judith Jamison), and the 92nd St Y Lyrics and Lyricists series for which he created and performed musical evenings celebrating Sam Cooke and Stevie Wonder. His Carnegie Hall performances include the Cincinnati Pops and Baltimore Pops (conducted by Marin Alsop) Other notable performances include London’s Royal Festival Hall, The Kennedy Center, The National Symphony, The Philly Pops, The Boston Pops, and The Los Angeles Master Chorale. He has performed, recorded and/or toured with such diverse artists as Elvis Costello, Deborah Harry, Oleta Adams, Marvin Hamlisch, Roberta Flack, and Vanessa Williams. Darius’ solo recorded works include his debut Darius de Haas: Day Dream-Variations on Strayhorn (the music of Billy Strayhorn) and Quiet Please (with pianist Steven Blier- an intimate collection of popular standards).
An award winning actor, Darius made his Broadway debut in the original production of Kiss of the Spiderwoman starring Chita Rivera. This was followed up by the original Broadway casts of Rent, The Gershwins’ Fascinating Rhythm, Marie Christine, Lincoln Center’s revival of Carousel, and Shuffle Along. He has also performed in the staged anniversary Broadway concerts of Dreamgirls (as C.C. White along with Audra McDonald, Lilias White, Heather Headley, and Billy Porter) and Hair for The Actors Fund.
He received the OBIE Award for the title role in the premiere of Diedre Murray/Cornelius Eady’s Pulitzer- nominated Running Man. Other notable premieres include Cry the Beloved Country, Jesus Christ Superstar, the John Adams/June Jordan opera I Was Looking At The Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, The Bubbly Black Girl Sheds her Chameleon Skin, Public Works As You Like It at The Public Theater, and the lead role of “Billy” in world premiere of Billy Strayhorn: Something To Live For.
His TV credits include “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (for which he is the singing voice of “Shy Baldwin”), “In The Life,” Great Performances: Broadway In Love, “Dietland,” and the upcoming Mother May I Have A Kidney? and Song Sung Blue (w Hugh Jackman). His voice can be heard on numerous original cast recordings and soundtracks – including all the “Shy Baldwin” tracks on “The Marvelous Mrs Maisel.”
He is proud to have worked with such organizations as The Fair Housing Justice Center and Covenant House. Darius is a founding member of Black Theatre United, an organization whose mission is to inspire reform and combat systemic racism within the theatre community and throughout the nation, supporting the Black community through various resources and initiatives.
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