Al Jarreau Hits The Road With 'Holiday & Hits' Tour

Al Jarreau has announced tour dates to promote his first-ever holiday album, called Al Jarreau Christmas, which was released on October 14th. The Grammy-winning artist kicks off his Holiday & Hits tour on December 6th in New Haven, Connecticut.

Al Jarreau Christmas includes Jarreau's unique versions of "Winter Wonderland," "The Christmas Song," "Come All Ye Faithful," "White Christmas," "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas," and others.

Earlier this year, Jarreau released the hits collection Al Jarreau: Love Songs, and was originally planning to have a second volume of Love Songs out before the end of the year.

Though that hasn't materialized yet, the artist also said that he's planned to record his next studio set for 2009. He explained: "New stuff is a Christmas record, and I'm just tickled to death about how we're coming along on this record. So there's that, and then there'll be another best-of collec tion coming th is year, so three projects, and before '08 I'll be starting on a regular kind of project."

Dates for the Al Jarreau Holiday & Hits tour include:
December 6 - John Lyman Center - New Haven, CT
December 7 - State Theatre - New Brunswick, NJ
December 11 - Northern Lights Theater - Milwaukee, WI
December 12 - Midland Theatre - Kansas City, MO
December 13 - The Venue - Hammond, IN

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