BONEY JAMES

Pop/Art Song/Folk / RnB • United States
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After four gold albums, three Grammy nominations and sales totaling more than 3 million records, chart-topping saxophonist Boney James embodies the phrase “horn of plenty.”

“I’m always thinking about making music,” he says. “It’s still my consuming passion.”

That passion reverberates throughout James’ latest project, The Beat. The April 9 release marks his 14th album as well as his return to former label Concord Records. It’s a penetrating fusion of R&B, jazz and Latin rhythms given voice by James’ emotive saxophone and such guests as trumpet hitman Rick Braun, R&B singer Raheem DeVaughn and spoken word phenom The Floacist.

“There was no sense that this had to be a certain thing,” recalls James, who was between labels when he began recording the album. “I was recording for fun, experimenting with this hybrid R&B and Latin sound, two genres I love. So my playing on this album has a different energy. I think it’s
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BONEY JAMES Trust album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Trust
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1992
BONEY JAMES Backbone album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Backbone
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1994
BONEY JAMES Seduction album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Seduction
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1995
BONEY JAMES Boney's Funky Christmas album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Boney's Funky Christmas
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1996
BONEY JAMES Sweet Thing album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Sweet Thing
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1997
BONEY JAMES Body Language album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Body Language
Pop/Art Song/Folk 1999
BONEY JAMES Boney James, Rick Braun ‎: Shake It Up album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Boney James, Rick Braun ‎: Shake It Up
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2000
BONEY JAMES Ride album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Ride
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2001
BONEY JAMES Pure album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Pure
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2004
BONEY JAMES Shine album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Shine
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2006
BONEY JAMES Christmas Present album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Christmas Present
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2007
BONEY JAMES Send One Your Love album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Send One Your Love
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2009
BONEY JAMES Contact album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Contact
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2011
BONEY JAMES The Beat album cover 2.50 | 1 ratings
The Beat
Pop/Art Song/Folk 2013
BONEY JAMES Futuresoul album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Futuresoul
RnB 2015
BONEY JAMES Honestly album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Honestly
RnB 2017
BONEY JAMES Solid album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solid
RnB 2020
BONEY JAMES Detour album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Detour
RnB 2022
BONEY JAMES Slow Burn album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Slow Burn
RnB 2024

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