Chris Botti
Christopher Botti, known to the world as Chris Botti is a famous trumpeter and musician. The talented artist was born in Portland, Oregon in the year 1962. The musician plays the Martin Committee trumpet and makes use of a 3-silver plated mouthpiece to play the sound. Botti has had the honor of studying under Bill Adam and David Baker, while he was a student at the Indiana University.

Chris Botti has recorded 8 solo albums, and has had the privilege of performing with great artists such as Sting, Andrea Bocelli, Chaka Khan, Jill Scott, Frank Sinatra, The Blue Nile, Steven Tyler, Josh Groban, Dave Koz, Michael Buble, David Torn, Jeff Lorber, Paul Simon, Roy Hargrove, Lee Ritenour, Clark Terry, Renee Olstead, Brian Culbertson and Paula Cole.

Botti has won many awards and recognitions during his career. He earned a Grammy Award for 'Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)' for the song "What Are You Doing For The Rest Of Your Life?" (Chris Botti & Sting). He has earned other major awards as well.

Chris Botti is an exceptional composer and indeed a brilliant musician and a magnetic performer who has produced a handful of recordings ruling out in the world of contemporary jazz. Through his thoughtful improvisations and innovative sense of creating music, Botti has earned both worldwide acclamation and mainstream popularity and appreciation.

Botti's album, 'To Love Again', is an anthology of the genres of pop and jazz and it incorporates many superstar vocalists. This album displays Botti's matchless tones and awe-inspiring trumpet lyrics. The pop, rock and jazz expert artists, who have been featured in the album, have played a major role in its success. These include Sting, Michael Buble, Paula Cole, Paul Buchanan, Jill Scott, Gladys Knight, Steven Tyler, Rosa Passos and Renee Olstead. 'To Love Again's dual edition features exclusive footage of behind-the-scenes as well as the interviews and other performances. The success of Botti's album To Love Again was followed by successive album, When I Fall In Love which also proved equally successful, and reports the sale of more than 500,000.

It was during September of 2004, the 'When I Fall In Love' was released. Consisting of classic jazz and romantic tracks, the album topped the Jazz sales charts at #1 and stayed there for long seventeen weeks. Moreover, the album was seen as a number 1 album on the overall jazz album chart, where it stuck for 4 weeks.

Chris Botti's alliance with Sting is quite notable. Both the singers have sung in collaboration for the two albums 'To Love Again' and 'When I Fall In Love'. Chris Botti has also worked with singers like Natalie Merchant and Joni Mitchell and the distinguished film composer John Barry. It was in 1990 when Botti joined Paul Simon's band and stayed with the band for the next 5 years. In the year 1995, he decided to leave the band and came up with 'First Wish'- his solo debut.

In 2002, Chris Botti released 'Night Session', the album which was seen at #2 on the contemporary jazz album charts. In the end of the same year, his 'seasonal collection' topped the charts at #7. The following year, he again broke the grounds with 'A Thousand Kisses Deep, which was seen at number 3 position.

The holiday theme album that he released in 2002 combined some great seasonal and contemporary soundtracks which were of Christmas spirit and joy. Some of the most popular songs by Richard Marx have also been covered in it, including 'Perfect Day' and 'Hallelujah'. The talented artist has also appeared on various TV shows as well, including 'The Caroline Rhea Show' which is aired on the WB Network. He gained massive appreciation through the show and he was seen there for five months. Apart from the audio albums and singing, Chris Botti also hosts his own radio show which is named as 'Chill with Chris Botti'. The radio show mainly focuses on the "chill" music, which is generally described as "smooth jazz with a touch of cool jazz."

Chris Botti's mother was a piano teacher and she became his inspiration to step into the music world. He decided to take some music classes, and learned music from various teachers at different places. The musicians who taught him music include David Friesen, Dave Baker and Woody Shaw at Northwest, Indiana and New York respectively.

Chris Botti has availed the opportunity to have worked with the leading singer-songwriters such as Marc Cohn, Natalie Merchant and Joni Mitchell. He has also appeared on various soundtracks and compilations as a sideman. He went for a world tour with Paul Simon. To sum up, he is a great singer and his contributions towards music are simply remarkable.

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