Editorial Review:Description:'A passionate evening of instrumental storytelling…it was apparent from the first notes Chris Botti played at the Wilshire Theatre on Friday, that the sold-out house was in for a special evening.' -Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times
December 2005. Los Angeles, California. Trumpeter Chris Botti, on the heels of his break-through gold certified album'When I Fall In Love,' and the record-breaking follow-up, 'To Love Again,' plays two triumphant shows at the Wilshire Theatre backed by a full orchestra and his virtuosic band. Playing repertoire mostly culled from these two hit albums, Chris is joined onstage by some of the world’s most accomplished singers and musicians (in order of appearance): Sting, Jill Scott, Paula Cole, Burt Bacharach, Renee Olstead, Paul Buchanan, and Gladys Knight. The show is filmed for the PBS special, 'Chris Botti Live with orchestra & special guests…and this DVD.
DVD PROGRAM
1) Someone To Watch Over Me
2) When I Fall In Love
3) A Thousand Kisses Deep
4) What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?- featuring Sting
5) Good Morning Heartache- featuring Jill Scott
6) My One and Only Love- featuring Paula Cole
7) The Look Of Love- featuring Paula Cole and Burt Bacharach
8) Cinema Paradiso
9) Pennies From Heaven- featuring Renee Olstead
10) Are You Lonesome Tonight?- featuring Paul Buchanan
11) Lover Man- featuring Gladys Knight
12) My Funny Valentine- featuring Sting
13) Why Not
14) One For My Baby— BONUS not on original PBS broadcast
Amazon.com:Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti is mostly exquisite on this concert DVD, which gives old fans and new arrivals a chance to hear him apply his rich, expressive playing to a number of old standards, as well as one or two of his own compositions. Botti, along with a remarkable band including Billy Childs on piano and Billy Kilson on drums, plays six numbers as instrumentals but is joined on eight other performances by a few guests. Sans vocals, Botti warms up a delighted audience with a nice, if slightly exercised, take on 'Someone to Watch Over Me,' but proves magnificent on 'When I Fall In Love' and especially Leonard Cohen's 'A Thousand Kisses Deep.' Then out glides old pal Sting (who invited Botti to join his own touring band some years ago), who has a nice go at 'What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?', followed by jazz-blues belter Jill Scott's terrific 'Good Morning Heartache.' Less effective are two appearances by Paula Cole, of which the second, 'The Look of Love,' doesn't work particularly well for anyone, including Botti and composer-pianist Burt Bacharach (also onstage). Renee Olstead sizzles up the joint with her kittenish 'Pennies from Heaven,' and Sting returns for a comic if touching 'My Funny Valentine.'
--Tom Keogh
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Rating:  - * Chris Botti has earned a new fan today. ...
Chris Botti has earned a new fan today. His style of music and the smooth vocals of his guests have filled a musical void I've been searching for for a while now. Chris Botti: Live With Orchestra and Special Guests is a marvelous show put on by a marvelous performer with marvelous guest appearances, and now the entire experience is a marvelous Blu-ray disc. Not only were the visuals of the show superb and exceptionally reproduced, but the music itself is at times mesmerizing, at other times relaxing, and at all times wholly delightful.I'll admit to never having heard of him before, but after screening this disc, his will not be a name I soon forget.
Rating: - * Amazing. ...
If you're a mainstream Jazz fan wanting to experience the HD audio and video, you'd love this. Great show, amazing music and brilliant collaborations from guest artists. It's a big show, on a big venue by a bunch of big artists...
Perhaps "Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions (Live in Concert)" is a quite more intimate/relaxed performance given the atmosphere of the site and the reduced size of the venue, which brings the opportunity to choose between two different kind of shows, but none of them seems better than the other one.
They're just different.
Worth having.
Rating:  - * Chris Botti: Live (With Orchestra and Special Guests) - Blu-ray Info ...
Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
MPEG4-AVC BD-50 / 1080i59.94
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Running time: 1:29:01
Movie size: 31,01 GB
Disc size: 41,14 GB
Average video bit rate: 28.91 Mbps
LPCM 5.1 13.8 Mbps 96Khz/24-bit
DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
DD AC3 2.0 640Kbps
Subtitles: None
#Chris Botti Live: Behind the Scenes - Documentary (1080i / 30 min)
#Interview with Chris Botti - Featurette (1080i / 19 min)
#Meet the Musicians - Featurette (1080i / 10 min)
Rating: - * Trumpet Magician ...
A fantastic DVD featuring the Trumpet Master Chris Botti and an assortment of musical guests with varied styles. He brings out the best in each selection and it is amazing! I never tought that a trumpet's sound could be as evocative as it is when played by a true genius.
Rating:  - * Botti tape ...
We were disappointed..Not because of the content (we had heard it in a bistro and had to have it) but we thought we were getting a CD. We tried every means of getting it to play to no avail. There was no indication on the packaging that it wasn't a CD. Can you enlighten me? Time for returning had expired..
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