"With his finely etched features and piercing green eyes, trumpeter Chris Botti combines matinee idol looks with the simmering lyricism of an expert balladeer" (The Mercury News). Botti, the world's biggest-selling jazz instrumentalist, was never the same after hearing Miles Davis' version of "My Funny Valentine" when he was 12.
A trumpeter with a sumptuous, enveloping tone, fluent phrasing and sense of space, Botti became a masterly musician equally at home in the realms of jazz and pop. He honed his craft performing and recording with stars like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, who featured him on his Brand New Day tour and who was one the stellar artists on Botti's chart-topping 2009 album Live in Boston. Recorded with the Boston Pops Orchestra, it also featured the versatile trumpeter improvising in the company of Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer and Steven Tyler. Botti's 2012 CD Impressions, a ballad collection pairing him artists as various as Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler and Caroline Campbell, won the GRAMMY for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In concert, the melodious trumpeter is as likely to play the second movement of Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" - played so beautifully by Miles on Sketches of Spain - as he is Al Green's grooving "Let's Stay Together" or a leanly romantic "When I Fall in Love." Botti's SFJAZZ shows have become a New Year tradition, and always sell out.
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Since the release of his critically acclaimed album, When I Fall in Love, Chris Botti has become the largest selling American jazz instrumental artist. Botti is a master trumpeter and composer who has sold nearly three million albums worldwide. He has worked closely with an unparalleled roster of the worlds greatest musicians, including Sting, Josh Groban, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. His performances draw from a wide-ranging repertoire of pop, jazz and classical music, creating a show that truly crosses over all genres.
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A gifted instrumentalist, talented composer, and charismatic performer, Chris Botti has created a series of recordings that have made him one of the best-selling artists in the realm of contemporary jazz. He has also garnered both critical acclaim and mainstream appreciation in the pop music world for his ability to bridge musical genres, and to combine sumptuous atmospheres with thoughtful improvisations. His albums When I Fall in Love (2004) and To Love Again: The Duets (2005) both reached No.1 on Billboard's Jazz Album chart, and his 2006 CD Chris Botti Live with Orchestra & Special Guests rose to No. 2 on the chart. The platinum-selling DVD recording of the concert features performances with Sting, Burt Bacharach, Gladys Knight, Jill Scott, and Renee Olstead. Botti's performance of "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life" with Sting won the 2005 Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist.
Botti has also worked with such leading singer-songwriter/composers as Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell, as well as renowned film composer John Barry, among others. He was featured as a soloist on Sting's Brand New Day tour in 1999 and continues to be his frequent collaborator. Botti's second PBS-TV special - Chris Botti in Boston, featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Josh Groban, Katherine McPhee, Lucia Micarelli, and others - was released on DVD in 2009. Botti also performed on Yo-Yo Ma's 2009 release Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Song of Joy and Peace, which won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album.
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A trumpeter with a sumptuous, enveloping tone, fluent phrasing and sense of space, Botti became a masterly musician equally at home in the realms of jazz and pop. He honed his craft performing and recording with stars like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, who featured him on his Brand New Day tour and who was one the stellar artists on Botti's chart-topping 2009 album Live in Boston. Recorded with the Boston Pops Orchestra, it also featured the versatile trumpeter improvising in the company of Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer and Steven Tyler. Botti's 2012 CD Impressions, a ballad collection pairing him artists as various as Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler and Caroline Campbell, won the GRAMMY for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In concert, the melodious trumpeter is as likely to play the second movement of Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" - played so beautifully by Miles on Sketches of Spain - as he is Al Green's grooving "Let's Stay Together" or a leanly romantic "When I Fall in Love." Botti's SFJAZZ shows have become a New Year tradition, and always sell out.
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Since the release of his critically acclaimed album, When I Fall in Love, Chris Botti has become the largest selling American jazz instrumental artist. Botti is a master trumpeter and composer who has sold nearly three million albums worldwide. He has worked closely with an unparalleled roster of the worlds greatest musicians, including Sting, Josh Groban, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. His performances draw from a wide-ranging repertoire of pop, jazz and classical music, creating a show that truly crosses over all genres.
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A gifted instrumentalist, talented composer, and charismatic performer, Chris Botti has created a series of recordings that have made him one of the best-selling artists in the realm of contemporary jazz. He has also garnered both critical acclaim and mainstream appreciation in the pop music world for his ability to bridge musical genres, and to combine sumptuous atmospheres with thoughtful improvisations. His albums When I Fall in Love (2004) and To Love Again: The Duets (2005) both reached No.1 on Billboard's Jazz Album chart, and his 2006 CD Chris Botti Live with Orchestra & Special Guests rose to No. 2 on the chart. The platinum-selling DVD recording of the concert features performances with Sting, Burt Bacharach, Gladys Knight, Jill Scott, and Renee Olstead. Botti's performance of "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life" with Sting won the 2005 Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist.
Botti has also worked with such leading singer-songwriter/composers as Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell, as well as renowned film composer John Barry, among others. He was featured as a soloist on Sting's Brand New Day tour in 1999 and continues to be his frequent collaborator. Botti's second PBS-TV special - Chris Botti in Boston, featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Josh Groban, Katherine McPhee, Lucia Micarelli, and others - was released on DVD in 2009. Botti also performed on Yo-Yo Ma's 2009 release Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Song of Joy and Peace, which won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album.
"With his finely etched features and piercing green eyes, trumpeter Chris Botti combines matinee idol looks with the simmering lyricism of an expert balladeer" (The Mercury News). Botti, the world's biggest-selling jazz instrumentalist, was never the same after hearing Miles Davis' version of "My Funny Valentine" when he was 12.
A trumpeter with a sumptuous, enveloping tone, fluent phrasing and sense of space, Botti became a masterly musician equally at home in the realms of jazz and pop. He honed his craft performing and recording with stars like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, who featured him on his Brand New Day tour and who was one the stellar artists on Botti's chart-topping 2009 album Live in Boston. Recorded with the Boston Pops Orchestra, it also featured the versatile trumpeter improvising in the company of Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer and Steven Tyler. Botti's 2012 CD Impressions, a ballad collection pairing him artists as various as Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler and Caroline Campbell, won the GRAMMY for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In concert, the melodious trumpeter is as likely to play the second movement of Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" - played so beautifully by Miles on Sketches of Spain - as he is Al Green's grooving "Let's Stay Together" or a leanly romantic "When I Fall in Love." Botti's SFJAZZ shows have become a New Year tradition, and always sell out.
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Since the release of his critically acclaimed album, When I Fall in Love, Chris Botti has become the largest selling American jazz instrumental artist. Botti is a master trumpeter and composer who has sold nearly three million albums worldwide. He has worked closely with an unparalleled roster of the worlds greatest musicians, including Sting, Josh Groban, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. His performances draw from a wide-ranging repertoire of pop, jazz and classical music, creating a show that truly crosses over all genres.
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A gifted instrumentalist, talented composer, and charismatic performer, Chris Botti has created a series of recordings that have made him one of the best-selling artists in the realm of contemporary jazz. He has also garnered both critical acclaim and mainstream appreciation in the pop music world for his ability to bridge musical genres, and to combine sumptuous atmospheres with thoughtful improvisations. His albums When I Fall in Love (2004) and To Love Again: The Duets (2005) both reached No.1 on Billboard's Jazz Album chart, and his 2006 CD Chris Botti Live with Orchestra & Special Guests rose to No. 2 on the chart. The platinum-selling DVD recording of the concert features performances with Sting, Burt Bacharach, Gladys Knight, Jill Scott, and Renee Olstead. Botti's performance of "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life" with Sting won the 2005 Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist.
Botti has also worked with such leading singer-songwriter/composers as Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell, as well as renowned film composer John Barry, among others. He was featured as a soloist on Sting's Brand New Day tour in 1999 and continues to be his frequent collaborator. Botti's second PBS-TV special - Chris Botti in Boston, featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Josh Groban, Katherine McPhee, Lucia Micarelli, and others - was released on DVD in 2009. Botti also performed on Yo-Yo Ma's 2009 release Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Song of Joy and Peace, which won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album.
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A trumpeter with a sumptuous, enveloping tone, fluent phrasing and sense of space, Botti became a masterly musician equally at home in the realms of jazz and pop. He honed his craft performing and recording with stars like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, who featured him on his Brand New Day tour and who was one the stellar artists on Botti's chart-topping 2009 album Live in Boston. Recorded with the Boston Pops Orchestra, it also featured the versatile trumpeter improvising in the company of Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer and Steven Tyler. Botti's 2012 CD Impressions, a ballad collection pairing him artists as various as Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler and Caroline Campbell, won the GRAMMY for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In concert, the melodious trumpeter is as likely to play the second movement of Rodrigo's "Concierto de Aranjuez" - played so beautifully by Miles on Sketches of Spain - as he is Al Green's grooving "Let's Stay Together" or a leanly romantic "When I Fall in Love." Botti's SFJAZZ shows have become a New Year tradition, and always sell out.
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Since the release of his critically acclaimed album, When I Fall in Love, Chris Botti has become the largest selling American jazz instrumental artist. Botti is a master trumpeter and composer who has sold nearly three million albums worldwide. He has worked closely with an unparalleled roster of the worlds greatest musicians, including Sting, Josh Groban, Frank Sinatra, Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell. His performances draw from a wide-ranging repertoire of pop, jazz and classical music, creating a show that truly crosses over all genres.
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A gifted instrumentalist, talented composer, and charismatic performer, Chris Botti has created a series of recordings that have made him one of the best-selling artists in the realm of contemporary jazz. He has also garnered both critical acclaim and mainstream appreciation in the pop music world for his ability to bridge musical genres, and to combine sumptuous atmospheres with thoughtful improvisations. His albums When I Fall in Love (2004) and To Love Again: The Duets (2005) both reached No.1 on Billboard's Jazz Album chart, and his 2006 CD Chris Botti Live with Orchestra & Special Guests rose to No. 2 on the chart. The platinum-selling DVD recording of the concert features performances with Sting, Burt Bacharach, Gladys Knight, Jill Scott, and Renee Olstead. Botti's performance of "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life" with Sting won the 2005 Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist.
Botti has also worked with such leading singer-songwriter/composers as Paul Simon and Joni Mitchell, as well as renowned film composer John Barry, among others. He was featured as a soloist on Sting's Brand New Day tour in 1999 and continues to be his frequent collaborator. Botti's second PBS-TV special - Chris Botti in Boston, featuring the Boston Pops Orchestra, Yo-Yo Ma, Josh Groban, Katherine McPhee, Lucia Micarelli, and others - was released on DVD in 2009. Botti also performed on Yo-Yo Ma's 2009 release Yo-Yo Ma & Friends: Song of Joy and Peace, which won the Grammy Award for Best Classical Crossover Album.
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