Watch Dave Koz & Haley Reinhart's 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' Lyric Video
(JKPR) Dave Koz and Haley Reinhart shared the playful, retro-styled lyric video for their soulful version of "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." The clip was created by Studio Goblin, which is known for creating dynamic, hand-drawn animation. "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" was first recorded in 1963 by Darlene Love and produced by Phil Spector, who wrote the song with Jeff Barry and Ellie Greenwich.
Koz and Reinhart will be performing "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" on the 2026 Dave Koz & Friends Christmas Tour. The run, which will also feature Jonathan Butler, plus special guests Dylan Chambers and Erin Stevenson, will kick off December 2 with the first of five shows in Florida. Now in its 29th - and second-to-last year - the outing is the longest-running jazz-based Christmas tour.
Tampa Bay Music News spoke with the chart-topping, GRAMMY nominated saxophonist about the tour and the new Christmas single in this feature, which noted: "The new arrangement [for "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)] came from singer Haley Reinhart, whose idea impressed Koz enough that he was eager to hear what she would do with it. 'She completely crushed it,' he said...Koz plays with a vintage growl, vibrato and deeper sadness, a retro production reminiscent of the 1960s and the legendary Wall of Sound."
"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)" will go for adds at radio later this month, but in the meantime Koz is celebrating his 12th No. 1 hit on Billboard's Smooth Jazz Airplay chart - Evan Taylor's "Skate On," which he features on.
Dave Koz and Friends Christmas Tour 2026
Featuring Jonathan Butler
With Special Guests
Haley Reinhart, Dylan Chambers & Erin Stevenson
All dates are subject to change:
12/2 - West Palm Beach, FL - Kravis Center, Dreyfoos Hall
12/3 - Sarasota, FL - Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
12/4 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
12/5 - Ft. Pierce, FL - Sunrise Theatre
12/6 - Jacksonville, FL - Florida Theater
12/8 - Newport News, VA - Ferguson Center For The Arts
12/9 - North Bethesda, MD - The Music Center at Strathmore
12/10 - Lansdowne, PA - Lansdowne Theater
12/11 - Detroit, MI - Music Hall Center For The Performing Arts
12/12 - Carmel, IN - The Palladium
12/13 - Warren, OH - Robins Theatre
12/14 - Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre
12/16 - Mesa, AZ - Mesa Arts Center
12/17 - San Diego, CA - Balboa Theatre
12/18 - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
12/19 - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts
12/20 - Palm Desert CA - McCallum Theatre
12/21 - Modesto, CA - Gallo Center For The Arts
12/22 - San Jose, CA - San Jose Civic for Arts
12/23 - Santa Rosa, CA - Luther Burbank Center for the Arts
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