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Trumpeter Chris Botti's To Love Again: The Duets picks up where his stellar 2004 release When I Fall in Love leaves off, with more gorgeously lush and heartfelt orchestral jazz via the London Session Orchestra. This time showcasing guest vocalists -- as well as a handful of instrumental tracks -- Botti takes an even more classicist approach than before and once again brings to mind such iconic jazz albums as Clifford Brown with Strings and Miles Davis' Porgy and Bess. Largely known as a smooth jazz artist with a sweet trumpet tone, it wasn't until When I Fall in Love that Botti dropped the smooth jazz synthesizers and pop-oriented compositions in favor of Gil Evans-style jazz orchestrations and an acoustic backing quartet. Subsequently, Botti made the best album of his career and didn't sacrifice any of his own laid-back smooth jazz style. In fact, having long been compared to trumpeters Chet Baker and Miles Davis for both his minimalist improvisational style and matinee idol image, this move toward more straight-ahead jazz is actually a better fit. To Love Again does nothing if not reinforce this opinion and finds Botti seeming even more relaxed and in his element. This is no more true than on the romantically melancholy lead-off track "Embraceable You," which finds Botti's horn weeping and sighing over the George Gershwin standard. The same can be said of his work with Sting on the '60s classic "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life." In fact, with such a phenomenal cadre of singers -- including Michael Bublé, Paula Cole, Gladys Knight and others performing such standards as "Let There Be Love" and "Lover Man" -- there really isn't a bad track. Part of the brilliance of the album is that, while it is classicist in tone, many of the vocalists come from the pop world and give the songs a contemporary spin that rubs nicely against Gil Goldstein and Jeremy Lubbock's stylishly old-school arrangements. It also doesn't hurt that Botti is working with such phenomenal jazz talents as pianist Billy Childs, bassists Robert Hurst and Christian McBride, drummer Billy Kilson, guitarist Anthony Wilson and others. That alone makes the few instrumental tracks on To Love Again some of the standout moments on an album as much about vocals as it is about Botti's own creative "voice."
© Matt Collar /TiVo
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Jake Jackson, Engineer - Ira Gershwin, Lyricist - Jeremy Lubbock, Conductor - Jeremy Lubbock, Arranger - George Gershwin, Composer - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Pablo Mungia, Engineer - Chris Botti, Performer - Billy Childs, Conductor - Paul Santo, Engineer - Robert Vosgien, Mastering Engineer - Irecyr Franco, Engineer - Gil Goldstein, Conductor - Kevin Killen, Engineer - Steve Genewick, Engineer - Haydn Bendall, Engineer - Al Schmitt, Engineer - Al Schmitt, Mixing Engineer
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Sting, Vocal - M. Jean Legrand, Composer - M. Jean Legrand, Lyricist - Bobby Colomby, Producer - M. Bergman, Composer - M. Bergman, Lyricist - A. Bergman, Composer - A. Bergman, Lyricist - Chris Botti featuring Sting, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet
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Jeremy Lubbock, Arranger - Paula Cole, Performer - Guy Wood, Composer - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Robert Mellin, Composer - Chris Botti featuring Paula Cole, Performer
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Lionel Rand, Composer - Lionel Rand, Lyricist - Ian Grant, Composer - Ian Grant, Lyricist - Billy Childs, Piano - Chris Botti featuring Michael Bublé, Performer - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Gil Goldstein, Arranger
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Jeremy Lubbock, Arranger - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Robert Haggart, Composer - Robert Haggart, Lyricist - Johnny Burke, Composer - Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Chris Botti, Performer
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Chris Botti featuring Jill Scott, Performer - Greg Phillinganes, Arranger - Dan Fisher, Composer - Dan Fisher, Lyricist - Billy Childs, Piano - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Irene Higginbotham, Composer - Irene Higginbotham, Lyricist - Ervin Drake, Composer - Ervin Drake, Lyricist - Gil Goldstein, Arranger
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Federico Pena, Composer - Federico Pena, Lyricist - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Gil Goldstein, Arranger - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Composer - Chris Botti, Lyricist
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Lou Handman, Composer - Lou Handman, Lyricist - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti featuring Paul Buchanan, Performer - Gil Goldstein, Arranger - Roy Turk, Composer - Roy Turk, Lyricist
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Roger J. Ramirez, Composer - Roger J. Ramirez, Lyricist - Chris Botti featuring Gladys Knight, Performer - Billy Childs, Piano - Billy Childs, Arranger - Bobby Colomby, Producer - James Sherman, Composer - James Sherman, Lyricist - James Edward Davis, Composer - James Edward Davis, Lyricist
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Billy Childs, Piano - Billy Childs, Arranger - Irving Kahal, Lyricist - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti featuring Billy Childs, Performer - Sammy Fain, Composer
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Chris Botti featuring Renee Olstead, Performer - Billy Childs, Piano - Billy Childs, Arranger - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Arthur Johnston, Composer
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Bobby Colomby, Producer - Johnny Burke, Composer - Johnny Burke, Lyricist - Chris Botti featuring Rosa Passos, Performer - Gil Goldstein, Arranger - Jimmy Van Heusen, Composer - Jimmy Van Heusen, Lyricist
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Jeremy Lubbock, Arranger - Brian Bromberg, Bass - Geoffrey Parsons, Lyricist - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Charles Chaplin, Composer - Steven Tyler, Performer - John Turner, Lyricist - Chris Botti featuring Steven Tyler, Performer
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
Trumpeter Chris Botti's To Love Again: The Duets picks up where his stellar 2004 release When I Fall in Love leaves off, with more gorgeously lush and heartfelt orchestral jazz via the London Session Orchestra. This time showcasing guest vocalists -- as well as a handful of instrumental tracks -- Botti takes an even more classicist approach than before and once again brings to mind such iconic jazz albums as Clifford Brown with Strings and Miles Davis' Porgy and Bess. Largely known as a smooth jazz artist with a sweet trumpet tone, it wasn't until When I Fall in Love that Botti dropped the smooth jazz synthesizers and pop-oriented compositions in favor of Gil Evans-style jazz orchestrations and an acoustic backing quartet. Subsequently, Botti made the best album of his career and didn't sacrifice any of his own laid-back smooth jazz style. In fact, having long been compared to trumpeters Chet Baker and Miles Davis for both his minimalist improvisational style and matinee idol image, this move toward more straight-ahead jazz is actually a better fit. To Love Again does nothing if not reinforce this opinion and finds Botti seeming even more relaxed and in his element. This is no more true than on the romantically melancholy lead-off track "Embraceable You," which finds Botti's horn weeping and sighing over the George Gershwin standard. The same can be said of his work with Sting on the '60s classic "What Are You Doing for the Rest of Your Life." In fact, with such a phenomenal cadre of singers -- including Michael Bublé, Paula Cole, Gladys Knight and others performing such standards as "Let There Be Love" and "Lover Man" -- there really isn't a bad track. Part of the brilliance of the album is that, while it is classicist in tone, many of the vocalists come from the pop world and give the songs a contemporary spin that rubs nicely against Gil Goldstein and Jeremy Lubbock's stylishly old-school arrangements. It also doesn't hurt that Botti is working with such phenomenal jazz talents as pianist Billy Childs, bassists Robert Hurst and Christian McBride, drummer Billy Kilson, guitarist Anthony Wilson and others. That alone makes the few instrumental tracks on To Love Again some of the standout moments on an album as much about vocals as it is about Botti's own creative "voice."
© Matt Collar /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:59:31
- Main artists: Chris Botti
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Jazz
(P) 2005 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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