TV: Brent Barrett Previews Christmas Album CHRISTMAS MORNINGS

This holiday season, Brent Barrett, one of Broadway's favorite and most sought-after leading men, is pleased to debut his much-anticipated third solo album, Christmas Mornings, on the Kritzerland label, now available for download on iTunes or CDbaby.com.

Following the success of his first two solo albums – The Kander and Ebb Album and The Alan Jay Lerner Album – Christmas Mornings is an intimate and personal holiday experience with Brent Barrett that features a glorious variety of classic Christmas standards plus two new songs, including "A Star To Guide Me," penned by Barrett himself.

Christmas Mornings is produced by Bruce Kimmel, with musical direction and arrangements by Christopher Denny and orchestrations by Larry Moore. The complete track listing is as follows:

1. "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town"
2. "White Christmas"
3. "Winter Wonderland"
4. "A Star To Guide Me"
5. "Christmas Waltz" / "It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year"
6. "Lovers on Christmas Eve"
7. "O Holy Night"
8. "I'll Be Home for Christmas" / "A Place Called Home"
9. "Christmas Mornings"
10. "Christmas Time Is Here"
11. "Silent Night"
12. "The Christmas Song"

In celebration of the album release, Barrett will perform two solo holiday concerts at Birdland Jazz Club in midtown Manhattan (315 West 44th Street) on Sunday, December 13 at 6 p.m. and Monday, December 14 at 7 p.m. With musical direction by Christopher Denny, tickets for the Birdland concerts are $30-$40 each (plus a $10 food/drink minimum) and are available by calling 212-581-3080 or by visiting www.BirdlandJazz.com.

On Broadway, Brent Barrett is currently reprising his award-winning role of Billy Flynn in the Tony-winning musical smash Chicago at the Ambassador Theatre. He most recently starred as the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular. His other Broadway credits include West Side Story (revival), Annie Get Your Gun (opposite Reba McEntire), Grand Hotel and Candide. He received an Olivier Award nomination for his performance in the recent West End revival of Kiss Me, Kate, which was broadcast on PBS and is now available on DVD.

As a soloist, Barrett has received national and international acclaim with the Boston Pops and the Berlin Philharmonic, and in concerts at Carnegie Hall and London's Royal Albert and Royal FestivAl Halls.

For more information on Christmas Mornings, including audio samples and ordering information, please visit www.BrentBarrett.com or www.kritzerland.com.