Track Listing

1. Jingle Bells
2. This Christmas
3. Christmas Time Is Here
4. Christmas Song
5. Sleigh Ride
6. Breath of Heaven
7. Let It Snow - Boney James, Brian McKnight, Wanya Morris
8. What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
9. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #98096 in Music
• Released on: 1999-10-19
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Taking, perhaps, his cue from Kenny G, tenor saxman Boney James's silky tone and mainstream arrangements of nine seasonal standards take few risks on the improvisational front. Instead, James sails through such fare as "The Christmas Song," the grooving "This Christmas," and similar accounts. Reduced to its common elements, Funky Christmas is merely barroom funky, if not a little seductive. And therein lies this cat's charm: bedroom eyes. Perfect for that holiday date you've finally managed to make, Funky Christmas is an easy-listening set that will make ol' Santa think twice before he slips back up the chimney and out into the cold. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews

6 Funky Christmas courtesy of Boney
I picked this up when it first came out. EVery Christmas I look forward to pulling this out and giving a few spins. My favorite track is #2 which features great vocals. Also Boney's buddy Rick Braun shares his trumpet on several tunes. There are great ballads and definetly some funky tunes that will make you get up and dance whether you are celebrating Christmas or another holiday.

A Jazzy smooth Christmas
I begin playing Boney's Funky Christmas from December 1st until January 1st. I love it! And I can't even remember how many copies of this CD I have purchased for my friends and family as a pre-Christmas gift. I always give it out a few weeks before Christmas so that they can really have time to enjoy it before the season ends. The entire CD is great, but if I had to pick a favorite track, it would be #9 (God rest ye merry gentlemen), followed by track #7 (Let it snow) as a close (very close) second. So go pick it up...enjoy, and Happy Holidays!

a sultry and seductive christmas cd
i have a collection of around 25 Christmas cds and this one is by far my favorite! It is rare to find a Christmas song you can dance to, but Boney has given us one in tract 2's, This Christmas. Also, I have heard over a dozen versions of Vince Guaraldi's Christmas Time is Here but none of them has the sultry and romantic feel found here. Curl up by the fireplace with that special someone and let Boney's Funky Christmas set the mood for a romantic holiday evening!