 Trumpeter Chris Botti is a gifted instrumentalist, a talented
composer, and a charismatic performer who--since the release of his first solo
album in 1995--has created a series of recordings that have made him a virtual
genre-of-one in the realm of contemporary jazz. Through his singular combination
of lush atmos-pheres and thoughtful improvisations, Botti has earned both
critical acclaim and mainstream appreciation.
Botti's latest album, To Love Again, a collection of pop jazz standards from the
acclaimed trumpeter and nine superstar guest vocalists, is a worthy successor to
Botti's last RIAA gold-certified album, When I Fall In Love.
To Love Again, which is available as both a traditional CD and as a Dual Disc,
showcases Chris Botti's inimitable velvet tone and sublime trumpet phrasings on
13 newly recorded pop and jazz standards featuring nine stand-out vocal
performances by some of the greatest singers in modern pop, jazz, and rock.
After the first week of release the album debuted in the Billboard Top 200 in
the #18 chart position promising great things. Billboard Magazine has predicted
it could be “an even bigger hit” than it’s predecessor which remains in the Top
Five of the Traditional Jazz Chart.
Joining Chris on To Love Again are guest vocalists
Sting
("What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?"), Paula Cole ("My One And Only
Love"),
Michael Bublé ("Let There Be Love"),
Jill
Scott ("Good Morning Heartache"), Paul Buchanan ("Are You Lonesome
Tonight?"), Gladys
Knight ("Lover Man"), Renee Olstead ("Pennies From Heaven"), Rosa Passos
("Here Comes That Rainy Day"), and, yes, that Steven Tyler (on Charlie Chaplin's
"Smile").
Rounding out To Love Again are the instrumental tracks "What's New?" "I'll Be
Seeing You," "Embraceable You," and "To Love Again." As on his last album, Chris
Botti is joined once again by the London Session Orchestra, who provide lush
tonal coloration to the album's arrangements.
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