Boney James Will Release 'Christmas Present'

LOS ANGELES (Top40 Charts/ Concord Records) - Urban Jazz sax icon Boney James follows his Top 10 R&B and No 1 Contemporary Jazz album Shine with a stirring new collection of holiday classics entitled Christmas Present from Concord Records.
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 Chant' 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.

The complete track listing for Christmas Present is as follows:
1. Skating (Vince Guaraldi cover)
2. Santa Baby (featuring Chant' Moore)
3. O Tannenbaum
4. River (Joni Mitchell cover)
5. The First Noel (featuring Rick Braun)
6. Merry Christmas Baby (featuring Angie Stone)
7. My Grown Up Christmas List (David Foster cover)
8. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
9. Silent Night (featuring Anthony Hamilton)
10. Auld Lang Syne