Chris Botti
Performance(s):
Friday, April 29, 2005: 8:00 p.m.
Through a singular combination of lush atmospheres and thoughtful improvisations, Chris Botti has earned both critical acclaim and mainstream
appreciation. On his latest collection, When I Fall In Love, the best-selling trumpet virtuoso expands the range of his earlier work with
an album devoted to once and future classic love songs, each one performed with Botti's impeccable taste and signature tonal qualities.
On his new album, Chris Botti, recently picked as one of People magazine's "2004’s 50 Most Beautiful People," breathes new soul and
magic into classic pop penned by Irving Berlin ("What'll I Do?"), Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart ("My Romance"), Ira and George Gershwin
("Someone To Watch Over Me"), Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer ("One For My Baby And One More For The Road") and others.
When I Fall In Love also includes the contemporary standard, Sade's "No Ordinary Love," and the centerpiece track, "Time to
Say Goodbye (Con te Partiro)," a classically-inspired song that entered the public consciousness in 1997 with Andrea Bocelli's hit version.
While providing fresh interpretations of some of the world's greatest love songs, Botti creates new pop standards of his own with songs
like "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets," written by Dominic Miller and Sting (who sings on the track).
Botti, who opened a series of shows on the North American leg of Sting's "Sacred Love" tour in January-March, 2004, headlined his own
stateside gigs in support of When I Fall In Love before once again opening for Sting on a European tour that ran from October 29
through December 9. Early 2005 has Botti on the road again, this time sharing a bill with Josh Groban on 35 gigs starting January 25
and running through March 19.
Botti's association with Sting dates back to 1999, when the trumpeter joined the pop legend's band as featured soloist on
the "Brand New Day" tour, which lasted two-and-a-half years. Veteran of both the contemporary jazz world and mainstream pop studio
scene, Botti has worked with Joni Mitchell, Natalie Merchant, and renowned film composer John Barry, among others. Film critic Rex Reed has
called him "the sexiest trumpeter since Chet Baker."
Botti joined Paul Simon's band in 1990, where he remained for the next five years, and, in 1995, he recorded his solo debut,
First Wish. After scoring the 1996 film Caught, Botti returned in 1997 with his second LP, Midnight Without You, which was
followed by Slowing Down the World two years later. His 2002 watershed album, Night Sessions, peaked at #2 on the Top
Contemporary Jazz Albums chart while his seasonal collection, December, released the same year, hit #7 on the same chart. Released in
September 2003, A Thousand Kisses Deep, Botti's best-selling collection, entered at #20 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart and
hit the #3 position on the Top Contemporary Jazz chart.
Tickets are on sale January 31. For more information about Chris Botti, check out
his website at www.chrisbotti.com
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Cost:
General Public: $25
Students: $15
Seniors: $20
Buffalo State faculty/staff: $20
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