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Midnight Without You
(more) »rank: 17682by: Chris Botti
: :On paper, trumpeter Chris Botti is another smooth jazz heartthrob, a seasoned session veteran stepping out with his own mix of romantic instrumental pop. But Botti brings more care and nuance to his work than that faux category implies, and this seductive collection underlines his deeper intent in its smoky title song, a collaboration with Paul Buchanan's Scottish neo-pop band, The Blue Nile, that is sufficient excuse for entry: Buchanan's fevered yet restrained vocals answer Botti's cool, Miles-wide horn lines in a classic late-night reverie that is the set's standout, but Botti's own wordless pieces sustain the album's suave, finely crafted mood. Sam ...
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Italia
(more) »rank: 8107by: Chris Botti
: :Due to a manufacturing error, there were four bonus audio tracks that were not included on the DVD portion of the Chris Botti Italia (Deluxe Edition) There are several options you have to get these tracks: *You can download these four tracks free of charge from Chris Botti's website. *You can request these four tracks on a separate CD, also on Chris Botti's website. *You can call a hotline at 1-877-454-8329 and request these four tracks on a separate CD, and one will be mailed to you. ***These options will be available through December 31, 2007.*** Amazon.com:Due to a manufacturing error, there were ...
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Broadway, My Way
(more) »rank: 7470by: Linda Eder
:Album Description:On the eagerly awaited Broadway My Way, Atlantic recording artist and acclaimed Broadway sensation Linda Eder performs classics including 'On the Street Where You Live' (from My Fair Lady), 'Edelweiss' (from The Sound of Music), 'Don't Rain On My Parade' (from Funny Girl) and 10 other great broadway songs performed in a whole new voice. 2003. :The people who felt betrayed when Linda Eder covered several pop songs on 2002's Gold will be relieved that her follow-up, Broadway My Way, is a return to the Great White Way. As if to prove that she isn't limited to either the songs of Frank ...
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Slowing Down the World
(more) »rank: 49117by: Chris Botti
: :Whether his trumpet is open or muted, Chris Botti is an artist of the subtlest detail, able to draw an emotion with the briefest phrase. Sometimes even a single note--a sudden high, a muffled half valve, or a burred aside in the lower register--can be telling. On Slowing Down the World, he's consciously invoking the quiet moments, creating limpid pools of melody and reflection. That attention to the nuance of mood is apparent in his solo on 'In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning,' when he begins with a welling, rising phrase that illuminates the mood created by vocalist Sting. Botti is ...
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To Love Again
(more) »rank: 26906by: Chris Botti
: : Somewhere, Kenny G is hiding behind his cascading ringlets in shame. Chris Botti, a jazz world super-talent whose trumpeting earns frequent comparisons to Miles Davis and Chet Baker, has found the formula for classing up the pop charts, and within it there's not a single soaring sax or tired attempt at career revivalism to be found. What we're treated to instead is an all-star lineup (Sting, Gladys Knight, Michael Buble and others) vocally saluting a musician whose resume reads like a page torn out of the Rock Snob's Dictionary: in addition to touring with Sting, Botti has played sideman to Paul Simon, ...
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First Wish
(more) »rank: 10568by: Chris Botti
: : Somewhere, Kenny G is hiding behind his cascading ringlets in shame. Chris Botti, a jazz world super-talent whose trumpeting earns frequent comparisons to Miles Davis and Chet Baker, has found the formula for classing up the pop charts, and within it there's not a single soaring sax or tired attempt at career revivalism to be found. What we're treated to instead is an all-star lineup (Sting, Gladys Knight, Michael Buble and others) vocally saluting a musician whose resume reads like a page torn out of the Rock Snob's Dictionary: in addition to touring with Sting, Botti has played sideman to Paul Simon, ...
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When I Fall in Love
(more) »rank: 64128by: Chris Botti
: :This is not the typical example of an artist from another genre jumping on the crowded standards-and-ballads bandwagon. When I Fall in Love instead represents an instrumental stylist busting out of a box to find a much more suitable platform for his craft. These tracks are the fruits of an obvious labor of love for everyone from the featured musicians to the arrangers to the engineers. The arrangers, particularly Billy Childs and Gil Goldstein, give Botti's trumpet a broad-brushed orchestral backdrop that allows him to emerge from the swirling strings and bouncy horns with bold strokes of creative improvising. Some tracks are obvious ...
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Italia (CD/DVD digipak Fan Pack)
(more) »rank: 15361by: Chris Botti
: :The bonus DVD features four exclusive bonus audio tracks from the 'Italia' session. The DVD takes you through recording and photo session with breathtaking footage of Chris recording 'Italia' in London, Los Angeles, and Italy. Go behind the scenes with Chris and Andrea Bocelli in Italy as they rehearse their duet 'Italia.' See Chris recording 'Nessun Dorma' and 'The Way You Look Tonight' in London with a full orchestra. Includes interviews with Chris, songwriter David Foster, and producer Bobby Colomby.Bonus Tracks:EmmanuelFlamenco SketchesIf I Loved You (featuring Paula Cole)Smoke Gets In Your Eyes :Due to a manufacturing error, there were four bonus audio ...
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Different Mozart
(more) »rank: 37149from: Philips
: :The bonus DVD features four exclusive bonus audio tracks from the 'Italia' session. The DVD takes you through recording and photo session with breathtaking footage of Chris recording 'Italia' in London, Los Angeles, and Italy. Go behind the scenes with Chris and Andrea Bocelli in Italy as they rehearse their duet 'Italia.' See Chris recording 'Nessun Dorma' and 'The Way You Look Tonight' in London with a full orchestra. Includes interviews with Chris, songwriter David Foster, and producer Bobby Colomby.Bonus Tracks:EmmanuelFlamenco SketchesIf I Loved You (featuring Paula Cole)Smoke Gets In Your Eyes :Due to a manufacturing error, there were four bonus audio ...
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Playing by Heart (1998 Film)
(more) »rank: 30289from: Decca
: :In a 1996 review of the indie film Caught, movie critic Rex Reed paid the ultimate compliment to trumpeter Chris Botti, (who wrote the score and whose horn graced the soundtrack), comparing the young upstart's smoky style to that of a young Chet Baker. Botti has since gone on to great success in smooth jazz by combining a laid-back demeanor with attitude-filled grooves and picture-perfect melodies. Enter legendary composer John Barry--whose resume runs from Born Free to Dances with Wolves and, more jazzily, Body Heat. He loved director Willard Carroll's idea of lacing the soundtrack to Playing by Heart with a handful of ...
