Taken in small doses,
Boney James can be enjoyable to listen to. The
Grover Washington-influenced saxophonist always sounds soulful, sincere, and passionate playing over R&B-ish rhythms. The problem is that
James sounds virtually the same on every song he plays, and the individual tunes lack any personality of their own. So listening to four minutes of
Boney James will tell listeners everything that he will play for the next 40 minutes; it does not change or evolve. And
James' recordings do not stand out from each other, so the music on
Trust is very similar to that found on all other
Boney James CDs. If you enjoy one
Boney James record, you will like them all, but is there any reason to own more than one or two? ~ Scott Yanow