India.Arie & Joe Sample - Christmas With Friends (2015)

01. Let It Snow
02. Favorite Time of Year (feat. Tori Kelly)
03. Silent Night (feat. Brandy)
04. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (feat. Kem)
05. Merry Christmas Baby (feat. Michael McDonald)
06. I’ve Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (feat. Dave Koz & Trombone Shorty)
07. The Christmas Song
08. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen (feat. Khristian Dentley)
09. Mary, Did You Know? (feat. Gene Moore Jr.)
10. Auld Lang Syne (feat. Kirk Whalum)

India.Arie – Vocals
Joe Sample - Piano
Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews - Trombone
John Beasley - Piano
Chuck Berghofer - Bass
Brandy - Vocals
Teddy Campbell - Drums
David Delhomme - Keyboards
Khristian Dentley - Vocals
Nathan East - Bass, Bass (Upright)
Craig Fundyga - Vibraphone
Paul Jackson, Jr. - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar (Electric)
Tori Kelly - Vocals
Kem - Vocals
Dave Koz - Sax (Tenor)
Aaron Lindsey - Bass, Bass (Upright), Drums, Fender Rhodes, Keyboards, Piano, Synthesizer
Michael McDonald - Vocals
Gene Moore, Jr. - Vocals
Nick Sample - Bass (Upright)
Javier Solís - Percussion
Jeff "Tain" Watts - Drums
Kirk Whalum - Sax (Tenor)

While vocalist India.Arie and keyboardist Joe Sample worked on new songs that, in Arie's words, "weren't coming together as quickly as I wanted," Arie had the idea to shift direction and record a Christmas album -- something her mother had been wanting her to do. Sample's own family members had been asking the same from him, so he was happy to go along. In September 2014, while Christmas with Friends was being completed, Sample -- whose importance to jazz and R&B is difficult to overstate -- died of mesothelioma. He plays piano on four of the ten songs: the opening "Let It Snow," "Silent Night" (featuring Brandy), "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (featuring Kem), and "The Christmas Song." It's unfortunate that Sample isn't heard more frequently, but the whole album is loose and lively, supported by drop-ins from contemporary gospel, jazz, pop, R&B, and rock artists, including Michael McDonald and Trombone Shorty. The backing musicians, such producer Aaron Lindsey, Jeff "Tain" Watts, and Nathan East, are top-notch as well, and Arie ties it all together, switching between the spiritual and playful material with natural ease. ---Andy Kellman, Rovi

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