Chris Botti Information
Christopher Stephen Botti, popularly known as Chris Botti as an American trumpeter and composer. Although he has made a career performing contemporary jazz, Chris was initially in the pop music scene.
Born in Oregon (October 12, 1962), Chris began playing at the age of 10 and went pro in his high school years. He later joined the Indiana University music program where he had the pleasured of being educated by the legendary jazz teacher David Baker.
After university, Chris moved to New York where he played the saxophone for George Coleman and the trumpet for Woody Shaw. In 1990 to 1995, he played for the Paul Simon’s band. In 1995 he released his solo debut ‘First Wish,’ which combined contemporary pop-jazz and art-rock. The next year, he scored a role in the film Caught and went under the radar until 1997 when he came back with his second LP, ‘Midnight Without You,’ and followed that up with ‘Slowing Down the World,’ in 1999.
His biggest break came in 2001 with the releases of the Night Sessions album. In which he set his unrefutable reputation as a versatile jazz and pop music performer due to his ability to smoothly fuse the two together. In 2002, Chris was the featured soloist on Sting’s Brand New Day world tour. In 2004, he released a more conventional orchestral jazz When I Fall in Love, which became his first Top 40 entry. His Top 40 appearance was later followed by To Love Again: The Duet in 2005, Italia in 2007, which got a nomination. In 2009 he released the Chris Botti in Boston, which got him three nominations.
In 2013, Chris was honored with a Grammy Award under the Best Pop Instrumental Album category for his album Impressions released in 2012. To sum up Chris Botti, he has had four albums reaching the No. 1 Billboard jazz albums chart. You can watch Chris Botti performing live by getting your tickets from TicketsOnSale.com.
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