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At the precise moment when a corporate reshuffling and a reduced roster led to death knells in the press for Columbia Records' jazz division, Chris Botti was signing on after three albums at rival Verve, the jazz arm of Universal. Along with Bela Fleck, poached from Warner Bros., Botti seemed to represent the new lean-and-mean Columbia Jazz, an eclectic, contemporary artist with considerable crossover potential to go with his jazz legitimacy. While the dominant sound on Botti's Columbia debut is naturally his haunting, minor-key trumpet playing, highly reminiscent of the more introspective aspect of Miles Davis, his original music, co-written with one-name producer Kipper, is strongly reminiscent of the pop-jazz approach of his most recent employer, Sting, whose tour hiatus created the opportunity for the recording of the album. Sting even contributes a song, the samba-paced "All Would Envy," complete with lyrics describing a wealthy May-December marriage, sung by Shawn Colvin. But elsewhere his spare, stylish, multi-cultural music provides a guiding principle. Botti is true to the basic tenets of smooth jazz, which hold that a steady beat within a propulsive rhythm track must be maintained, over which the soloist makes his presence felt. But he and Kipper keep things simple, often using an acoustic guitar to create musical textures more suggestive of Rio than west Los Angeles, where the record was actually cut. And even with his less-is-more style of playing, Botti is capable of coming up with melodies that would be strong enough to support lyrics if someone wanted to write them. (A good example is "Light the Stars.") "Easter Parade," the final track, is by the members of the Blue Nile, another good touchstone for the trumpeter's moody, atmospheric sound. The result is a step above most of the cookie-cutter contemporary jazz albums of the day.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Kipper, Composer - Denilson Miller, Composer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Composer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Lyricist - Billy Childs, Composer - Billy Childs, Lyricist - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Composer - Chris Botti, Lyricist
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bill Reichenbach, Trombone - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Chris Botti, Lyricist - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Composer - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Jeff Lorber, Keyboards - Vinnie Colaiuta, Keyboards - Jimmy Johnson, Keyboards - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Young, Keyboards - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Recording Engineer - Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Lyricist - Dominic Miller, Guitar
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Billy Childs, Keyboards - Botti, Composer - Botti, Lyricist - Childs, Composer - Childs, Lyricist - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Lyricist - Kipper, Recording Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Luis Conte, Percussion - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Vinnie Colaiuta, Drums - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti featuring Shawn Colvin, Performer - Christian McBride, Bass - Lani Groves, Vocal - Dominic Miller, Guitar - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Jeff Young, Keyboards - Sting, Composer - Sting, Lyricist - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Billy Childs, Keyboards - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Shawn Colvin, Vocal - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer
(P) 2001 Sony Music Entertainment
Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Composer - Chris Botti, Lyricist
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ed Cherney, Mixing Engineer - Abraham Laboriel, Jr., Drums - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Luis Conte, Percussion - Heitor Pereria, Guitar - Botti, Composer - Botti, Lyricist - Christian McBride, Bass - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Dominic Miller, Guitar - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Lyricist - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Recording Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Camilla, Composer - Camilla, Lyricist - Camilla, Vocal - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Marc Shulman, Guitar - Botti, Composer - Botti, Lyricist - Vinnie Colaiuta, Drums - Shulman, Composer - Shulman, Lyricist - Jimmy Johnson, Bass - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Recording Engineer - Kipper, Lyricist
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Abraham Laboriel, Jr., Drums - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Billy Childs, Keyboards - Luis Conte, Percussion - Botti, Composer - Botti, Lyricist - Childs, Composer - Childs, Lyricist - Jimmy Johnson, Bass - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Dominic Miller, Guitar - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Lyricist - Kipper, Recording Engineer - Kipper, Drum Programmer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Ed Cherney, Mixing Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Luis Conte, Percussion - Botti, Composer - Botti, Lyricist - Vinnie Colaiuta, Drums - Jimmy Johnson, Bass - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Young, Keyboards - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Lyricist - Kipper, Recording Engineer - Dominic Miller, Guitar
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Denilson Miller, Lyricist - Denilson Miller, Composer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Botti, Composer - Botti, Lyricist - Vinnie Colaiuta, Drums - Jimmy Johnson, Bass - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Young, Composer - Jeff Young, Lyricist - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Composer - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Recording Engineer - Kipper, Lyricist - Dominic Miller, Guitar
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Buchanan, Composer - Buchanan, Lyricist - Abraham Laboriel, Jr., Drums - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Executive Producer - Bell aka The Blue Nile, Composer - Bell aka The Blue Nile, Lyricist - MOORE, Lyricist - MOORE, Composer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Chris Botti, Recording Engineer - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - Luis Conte, Percussion - Christian McBride, Bass - Kevin Killen, Recording Engineer - Ted Jensen, Mastering Engineer - Jeff Young, Keyboards - Wesley Seidman, Mixing Engineer - Kipper, Producer - Kipper, Keyboards - Kipper, Recording Engineer
(P) 2001 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Albumbeschreibung
At the precise moment when a corporate reshuffling and a reduced roster led to death knells in the press for Columbia Records' jazz division, Chris Botti was signing on after three albums at rival Verve, the jazz arm of Universal. Along with Bela Fleck, poached from Warner Bros., Botti seemed to represent the new lean-and-mean Columbia Jazz, an eclectic, contemporary artist with considerable crossover potential to go with his jazz legitimacy. While the dominant sound on Botti's Columbia debut is naturally his haunting, minor-key trumpet playing, highly reminiscent of the more introspective aspect of Miles Davis, his original music, co-written with one-name producer Kipper, is strongly reminiscent of the pop-jazz approach of his most recent employer, Sting, whose tour hiatus created the opportunity for the recording of the album. Sting even contributes a song, the samba-paced "All Would Envy," complete with lyrics describing a wealthy May-December marriage, sung by Shawn Colvin. But elsewhere his spare, stylish, multi-cultural music provides a guiding principle. Botti is true to the basic tenets of smooth jazz, which hold that a steady beat within a propulsive rhythm track must be maintained, over which the soloist makes his presence felt. But he and Kipper keep things simple, often using an acoustic guitar to create musical textures more suggestive of Rio than west Los Angeles, where the record was actually cut. And even with his less-is-more style of playing, Botti is capable of coming up with melodies that would be strong enough to support lyrics if someone wanted to write them. (A good example is "Light the Stars.") "Easter Parade," the final track, is by the members of the Blue Nile, another good touchstone for the trumpeter's moody, atmospheric sound. The result is a step above most of the cookie-cutter contemporary jazz albums of the day.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:02
- Main artists: Chris Botti
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Jazz
2001 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
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