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"Let it Go" 3rd number 1 single from "Shine"!! |
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| Location: | WEST HOLLYWOOD, California |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | May 31, 2008 (544 days back) |
About Me |
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Get this video and more at MySpace.com BONEY JAMES DELIVERS CHRISTMAS PRESENT NEW HOLIDAY CD FROM TWO-TIME GRAMMY NOMINATED SAX STAR FEATURES DUETS WITH ANTHONY HAMILTON, ANGIE STONE, CHANTE MOORE, AND MORE Urban Jazz sax icon Boney James follows his Top 10 R&B and 1 Contemporary Jazz album Shine with a stirring new collection of holiday classics. The album finds James teaming up with fellow Grammy nominees Anthony Hamilton (on the holiday standard “Silent Night”) and Angie Stone (on an update of the Charles Brown chestnut “Merry Christmas, Baby”). Also featured on the album are soul songstress Chanté Moore on the Eartha Kitt hit “Santa Baby” and former James collaborator, contemporary jazz trumpet sensation, Rick Braun on “The First Noel.” James and Braun previously teamed up in 2000 for the album Shake It Up that topped the Contemporary Jazz charts for twelve consecutive weeks. Christmas Present highlights James’ always soulful playing, as well as his continued evolution as a multi-faceted Producer and Arranger, tackling gritty funk to neo-soul grooves, straight-up pop to straight-ahead jazz, and gospel to art rock. Says James, “I’m really proud of the way everything came out. Each track evolved as a unique soundscape. Some songs wanted to be more funky, some more traditional, and some took a path that I couldn’t have envisioned. Ultimately, even with some of the more profound deviations from the traditional versions, the songs retain their identity. I really think it is a testament to why these songs are classics, and why their spirit shines through every year.” The album’s emotional centerpiece, “Silent Night,” finds James and Anthony Hamilton testifying to the songs roots with a stirring gospel reading set against only James’ tenor saxophone, a Hammond B3 organ, and handclaps. If you listen closely enough, you can almost hear the church pews creak. Other album highlights include James’ gliding soprano saxophone on Vince Guaraldi’s “Skating” (first made famous in “A Charlie Brown Christmas”) and his hauntingly spare arrangement of Joni Mitchell’s “River” that echoes the melancholy longing of her original. “I was always curious how some of my favorite holiday songs like ‘Skating’ and ‘River’ would sound on the sax,” says James. “So for me, it was all about creating unique moods and framing these great melodies so that they would hopefully amplify what I feel when I hear the originals.” Perhaps the most surprising song on the album is James’ “Roxy Music meets Peter Gabriel” take on “Auld Lang Syne”: “This was one of those great moments where, although I was completely immersed in the song’s creation (playing both sax and keyboards, creating the arrangement and producing the track) when I was finished, even I was surprised by the final outcome. This arrangement for me really captured the sadness and the hope that we can all feel as one year ends and another begins.” Christmas Present is James’ second holiday recording. His first, Boney’s Funky Christmas, was released in 1996 and remains a consistent holiday best seller to this day. The complete track listing for Christmas Present is as follows: 1. Skating (Vince Guaraldi cover) 2. Santa Baby (featuring Chanté Moore) 3. O Tannenbaum 4. River (Joni Mitchell cover) 5. The First Noel (featuring Rick Braun) 6. Merry Christmas Baby (featuring Angie Stone) 7. My Grown Up Christmas List (David Foster cover) 8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing 9. Silent Night” (featuring Anthony Hamilton) 10. Auld Lang Syne Boney James was raised in New Rochelle, NY, and currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. James has sold millions of albums, headlined sold-out tours, been awarded four consecutive Gold Album certifications and a Soul Train Award, and received two Grammy Award and one NAACP Image Award nominations. James is married to actress and filmmaker Lily Mariye who portrays nurse Lily Jarvik on the NBC drama ER. |
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Music:Member Since: 7/1/2006Band Website: boneyjames.com Band Members: Boney James - sax, keys, programming & producing Influences: To add the above banner, cut and paste the below code: And, to add the other one above, please cut and paste the below code: Sounds Like: Saturday night! Christmas Present: Record Label: Concord Records Type of Label: Indie |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Soul / Nu-Jazz / R&B) |
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happy new year! |
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| just wanted to wish everyone a great 08.thanks so much for all the love this year. see you soon!b Posted by Boney James on Tue, 01 Jan 2008 04:54:00 PST |
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Boney on Jamie Foxx's Foxxhole Radio (Sirius 106) |
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| Tune in to Sirius Channel 106, Jamie Foxx's Foxxhole Radio program tomorrow (Friday, July 13th) at 2:00 PM PT / 5:00 PM ET, to catch a live interview and performance from Boney! Posted by Boney James on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 05:13:00 PST |
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Boney on Tavis Smiley's Radio Show This Weekend! |
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| Boney was recently in the studio with Tavis Smiley - you can hear it this weekend! Check the list below (alphabetized by state) for stations and times. All times are local except where noted. Montgome... Posted by Boney James on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 05:15:00 PST |
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| is this thing on?hi myspace friends. thanks for coming by and checking my site out. i put this up cuz i just finshed my new record and i'm really excited about it. this is such a cool way to tell peop... Posted by Boney James on Sun, 09 Jul 2006 05:52:00 PST |
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