Heading to his hometown for the holidays, the acclaimed Brooklyn vocalist is celebrating a new album, “Merry Christmas From Jose James.” It’s a warm, intimate, gently jazzy collection, covering chestnuts and offering two originals, the wonderful velvety piano ballad “Christmas in New York” and the yearning croon of “Christmas Day.” This is another treasured recording from James, who has gifted listeners with salutes to Billie Holiday and Bill Withers as well as remarkable original projects, notably 2013’s strikingly inventive “No Beginning No End.” -JON BREAM
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