Working with producer
Paul Brown,
Boney James' Boney's Funky Christmas is an entertaining set of loose, funky and bluesy interpretations of both classic Christmas carols ("The Christmas Song") and more obscure contemporary selections like "A Charlie Brown Christmas" and
Donny Hathaway's "This Christmas." Two selections, "This Christmas" and "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?," are sung by
Dee Harvey and
Bobby Caldwell, respectively, but the star of this show remains
James and his saxophone, who breathe new life into these holiday cuts. ~ Thom Owens