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[12/8/2008]爵士SAX手Boney James 本尼·詹姆斯2007年圣诞专辑《Christmas


【爵士萨克斯】爵士SAX手Boney James 本尼·詹姆斯2007年圣诞专辑《Christmas Present》  （MP3 320K）


Artist : Boney James
Album : Christmas Present
Release Date : Sep 18, 2007
Label : Concord Records (USA)
Genre : Jazz
Styles : Jazz Instrument,Christmas,Saxophone
Producer : Boney James
Recording Time : 43 minutes












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 Chante 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.


Personnel :

GBoney James (soprano saxophone,tenor saxophone,keyboards)
Paul Jackson, Jr., Dean Parks (guitar,acoustic guitar)
Tony Maiden (guitar,electric guitar)
Tim Carmon (piano, Clavinet,organ, keyboards)
Eric Daniels, Phil Davis (Fender Rhodes piano,keyboards)
Darrell Smith (keyboards)
Alex Al (bass guitar)
Dave Weckl, Teddy Campbell (drums)
Lenny Castro (percussion).

Additional personnel :

Angie Stone, Anthony Hamilton, Chante Moore (vocals)
Rick Braun (flugelhorn)







                                                                            01 Skating
                                                                            02 Santa Baby - (with Chante Moore)
                                                                            03 O Tannenbaum
                                                                            04 River
                                                                            05 The First Noel - (with Rick Braun)
                                                                            06 Merry Chrismas Baby - (with Angie Stone)
                                                                            07 My Grown Up Christmas List
                                                                            08 Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
                                                                            09 Silent Night - (with Anthony Hamilton)
                                                                            10 Auld Lang Syne














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