Boney's Funky Christmas

Boney's Funky Christmas is the first Christmas album and fourth studio album by jazz saxophonist Boney James, released in 1996.

Boney's Funky Christmas
Studio album by Boney James
Released	October 8, 1996 (1996-10-08)
Studio	Alpha Studios (Burbank, California); Entourage Studios (North Hollywood, California); Funky Joint Studios (Sherman Oaks, California).
Genre	Smooth jazz
Length	37:57
Label	Warner Bros.
Producer	Boney James, Paul Brown
Boney James chronology
Seduction (1995) Boney's Funky Christmas (1996) Sweet Thing (1997)
Singles from Boney's Funky Christmas
"This Christmas" Released: 1996

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Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Jingle Bells"		1:43
2.	"This Christmas"		4:14
3.	"Christmas Time Is Here"		4:26
4.	"The Christmas Song"		4:22
5.	"Sleigh Ride"		4:17
6.	"Breath of Heaven"		4:46
7.	"Let It Snow"	Brian McKnight, Wanya Morris	4:37
8.	"What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"		4:57
9.	"God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"		4:35
Total length:			37:57

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