Boney's Funky Christmas
{{Infobox album
| name = Boney's Funky Christmas
| type = studio
| artist = Boney James
| cover = Boney's Funky Christmas.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1996|10|8}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Alpha Studios (Burbank, California); Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, California); Funky Joint Studios (Sherman Oaks, California).
| genre = Smooth jazz
| length = {{Duration|m=37|s=57}}
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Boney James, Paul Brown
| prev_title = Seduction
| prev_year = 1995
| next_title = Sweet Thing
| next_year = 1997
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Boney's Funky Christmas
| type = studio
| single1 = This Christmas
| single1date = 1996
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r241688|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]
}}
Boney's Funky Christmas is the first Christmas album and fourth studio album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1996.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column =
| total_length = 37:57
| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music =
| writing_credits =
| lyrics_credits =
| music_credits =
| title1 = Jingle Bells
| writer1 =
| length1 = 1:43
| title2 = This Christmas
| writer2 =
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = Christmas Time Is Here
| writer3 =
| length3 = 4:26
| title4 = The Christmas Song
| writer4 =
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Sleigh Ride
| writer5 =
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Breath of Heaven
| writer6 =
| length6 = 4:46
| title7 = Let It Snow
| writer7 = Brian McKnight, Wanya Morris
| length7 = 4:37
| title8 = What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?
| writer8 =
| length8 = 4:57
| title9 = God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
| writer9 =
| length9 = 4:35
}}
Personnel
- Boney James – all other instruments except where noted, tenor saxophone (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9), alto saxophone (4), Yamaha WX7 (4), soprano saxophone (6)
- Michael Egizi – keyboards (2)
- David Torkanowsky – keyboards (3, 5)
- Randy Kerber – keyboards (4)
- Dan Shea – keyboards (6), drum programming (6)
- Jeff Carruthers – keyboards (7, 9), drum programming (7, 9)
- Greg Karukas – keyboards (8)
- Dwight Sills – guitars (2, 8, 9)
- Bob De Marco – wah wah guitar (2)
- Paul Jackson Jr. – guitars (7)
- Alex Al – bass (3, 4, 5, 8), synth bass (4)
- Donnell Spencer – drum fills (2), drums (8)
- Paul Brown – drum programming (3, 4, 5)
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 3, 9)
- Lenny Castro – percussion (2, 7)
- Rick Braun – trumpet (9)
- Dee Harvey – vocals (2)
- Jim Gilstrap – vocals (7)
- Leslie Smith – vocals (7)
- Bobby Caldwell – vocals (8)
Arrangements
- Boney James (1, 3, 5, 8, 9)
- Michael Egizi (2)
- Paul Brown (3, 5, 8, 9)
- David Torkanowsky (3, 5)
- Jerry Hey (4)
- Dan Shea (6)
- Jeff Carruthers (7, 9)
- Greg Karukas (8)
Production
- Boney James – producer
- Paul Brown – producer, recording, mixing
- Dan Shea – additional engineer
- Charles Nasser – recording assistant
- Gordon Suffield – recording assistant
- Terri Wong – recording assistant
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering at Precision Mastering (Hollywood, California)
- Lexy Brewer – production coordinator
- Stine Schyberg – art direction, design
- Kip Lott – photography
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Boney James}}
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Category:1996 Christmas albums
Category:Warner Records albums
Category:Christmas albums by American artists
Category:Jazz Christmas albums
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