Chris Botti

Advantages It's real music....
Disadvantages Region 1 only

...During a 10-week lay- off while on tour with Sting for his "Brand new Day" album, the featured solo artist on the tour Chris Botti rented a house in the Hollywood Hills to write and record his "Night Sessions" album, 4 weeks to write and 6 weeks to record and mix. With this short period of time Chris said, " he felt energized by the challenge" he asked his friend Kipper (who won a Grammy for his production on Sting's album Brand New Day) to co-write and produce, they stated to write and at the end of the writing sessions only recorded the material as the lights of the L.A. basin began to glow and as the sun set and only stopped when the sun came back up the next morning. On December the 3rd 2001 Chris Botti took to the stage of the "EL REY" theatre in L.A. to celebrate the release of the "Night Sessions" album, his first release... Read review

Advantages Great atmosphere, good sound.
Disadvantages Could have listened to more, but this is not really a disadvantage, more praise!

...Wow I love music but never would have said I had any interest in trumpet players until recently. I stumbled upon Chris Bottis music but accident and boy am I glad, his mellow layed back jazz is universal, and chilling. I got this DVD as quickly as I could after first hearing his music and its great, just turn the lights down and its like being in your own jazz club with some of the biggest names in pop etc if that makes sense. Chris backed sting during a tour and he appears in this DVD with a fantastic version of Funny Valentine which he sings to his wife in the audience. Chris Botti is great, and having seen this I only hope I get to see him live some day.... Read review

Advantages This man has talent
Disadvantages May take a little work.

...When in 1994 Chris Botti came to release his debut album, he invited along his musician friends to the sessions, these sessions took place between September and October of that year in "New York". The album was released the following year. This is an instrumental album except for 1 track; the album opens with a track called "Worlds Outside" which has a funky snare drum beat, which is underpinned with Mr Botti's trumpet playing the main theme that is then extenuated with the keyboard playing of Paul Joseph Moore of the Glasgow band The Blue Nile, Mr Moore also adds a sense of space with his use of piano on this piece. The following piece, which has the title "On the Night Ride", has one of my personal favourite session men playing drums on it, Jerry Marotta (Jerry plays on 4 tracks on the album) has added his significant skills... Read review