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The story about there being more suicides around the holidays turns out to be a myth, but like all urban legends, it caught on among the populace (or at least among lazy journalists) because it sounds like it should be true; as trumpeter Chris Botti writes in a sleeve note to his seasonal collection, December, "At no other time of the year is there a wider array of emotions than the month of December." This is a clue that Botti, in acceding to his record company's request that he undertake a Christmas album, was not interested in simply celebrating the season in his interpretations of holiday standards. There have been other such contemplative Christmas records: George Winston's album, also called December, is calm rather than celebratory, and Barbra Streisand's Christmas Memories, released in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, is another collection that takes in the season's complexities. Add Botti's album to that list. The approach, of course, fits in with the trumpeter's overall musical style. Often heard through a mute, his playing usually has an intimate, low-key character, and that is true here, too. Critics have compared him to Miles Davis, and to that one easily may add Chet Baker, especially because like Baker, Botti has chosen to sing here, applying an adequate tenor to Richard Marx's "Perfect Day" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (the latter one of the more troubled of lyrics to become a Christmas standard). It isn't all doom and gloom, of course; there's a playful reading of "Winter Wonderland," for instance. But this is still an album to be put on in the shank of the evening when the Christmas festivities have subsided, not at the height of the celebrations.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
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Andrew Picken, Viola - Anthony Wilson, Guitar - Bob Sheppard, Flute - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Gina Kronstadt, Violin - Jimmy Haslip, Bass - Joel Derouin, Violin - John Wittenberg, Violin - M. Tormé, Composer - M. Tormé, Lyricist - Mary Anne Steinberger, Acoustic Cello - Peter Erskine, Drums - R. Wells, Composer - R. Wells, Lyricist - Susan Chatman, Violin
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Schmitt, Mixing Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - F. Schubert, Composer - F. Schubert, Lyricist - Haydn Bendall, Recording Engineer - Jeremy Lubbock, Arranger - John Lubbock, Conductor
(P) 2006 Sony Music Entertainment
Anthony Wilson, Guitar - Billy Childs, Piano - Bobby Colomby, Producer - CJ Vanston, Organ - CJ Vanston, Piano - CJ Vanston, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Arranger - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Christopher J. Roberts, Engineer - David Carpenter, Bass - Dick Smith, Lyricist - Felix Bernard, Composer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Andrew Picken, Viola - Billy Childs, Piano - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Gina Kronstadt, Violin - Joel Derouin, Violin - John Wittenberg, Violin - Mary Anne Steinberger, Acoustic Cello - Susan Chatman, Violin - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Billy Childs, Piano - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Dave Carpenter, Bass - Jule Styne, Composer - Jule Styne, Lyricist - Peter Erskine, Drums - Peter Erskine, Percussion - Sammy Cahn, Composer - Sammy Cahn, Lyricist
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bobby Colomby, Producer - CJ Vanston, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Christopher J. Roberts, Engineer - Jon Ossman, Bass - Leonard Cohen, Composer - Leonard Cohen, Lyricist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Shane Fontayne, Arranger - Shane Fontayne, Guitar - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Al Schmitt, Recording Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti featuring Eric Benét, Performer - Jeremy Lubbock, Composer - Jeremy Lubbock, Lyricist - Richard Rudolph, Composer - Richard Rudolph, Lyricist
2006 Sony Music Entertainment
Al Schmitt, Recording Engineer - Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Gil Goldstein, Performance Arranger - H. Martin, Composer - H. Martin, Lyricist - R. Blane, Composer - R. Blane, Lyricist
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Anthony Wilson, Guitar - Billy Childs, Piano - Bob Sheppard, Tenor Saxophone - Bobby Colomby, Producer - CJ Vanston, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Arranger - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Christopher J. Roberts, Recording Engineer - H. Gillespie, Lyricist - J. F. Coots, Composer - Jimmy Haslip, Bass - Michael Kanan, Arranger - Nathaniel Kunkel, Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Peter Erskine, Drums - Peter Erskine, Percussion - Rob Mounsey, Arranger - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer
(P) 2002 Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Bobby Colomby, Producer - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Haydn Bendall, Recording Engineer - Jeremy Lubbock, Arranger - London Session Orchestra, Performer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist
(P) 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bobby Colomby, Producer - Brandon Fields, Tenor Saxophone - CJ Vanston, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Arranger - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Christopher J. Roberts, Engineer - Harry Simeone, Composer - Harry Simeone, Lyricist - Henry Onorati, Composer - Henry Onorati, Lyricist - Jon Ossman, Bass - Katherine Davis, Composer - Katherine Davis, Lyricist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Shane Fontayne, Guitar - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer - Vinnie Colaiuta, Drums
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Billy Childs, Arranger - Billy Childs, Piano - Bobby Colomby, Producer - CJ Vanston, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Arranger - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Christopher J. Roberts, Engineer - Dave Carpenter, Bass - Nathaniel Kunkel, Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Peter Erskine, Drums - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer - Traditional, Composer - Traditional, Lyricist
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Bobby Colomby, Producer - Buck Ram, Composer - Buck Ram, Lyricist - CJ Vanston, Piano - CJ Vanston, Recording Engineer - Chris Botti, Arranger - Chris Botti, Performer - Chris Botti, Trumpet - Christopher J. Roberts, Engineer - Jon Ossman, Bass - Kim Gannon, Composer - Kim Gannon, Lyricist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Engineer - Nathaniel Kunkel, Mixing Engineer - Shane Fontayne, Guitar - Steve Hall, Mastering Engineer - Vinnie Colaiuta, Drums - Walter Kent, Composer - Walter Kent, Lyricist
(P) 2002 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
Album review
The story about there being more suicides around the holidays turns out to be a myth, but like all urban legends, it caught on among the populace (or at least among lazy journalists) because it sounds like it should be true; as trumpeter Chris Botti writes in a sleeve note to his seasonal collection, December, "At no other time of the year is there a wider array of emotions than the month of December." This is a clue that Botti, in acceding to his record company's request that he undertake a Christmas album, was not interested in simply celebrating the season in his interpretations of holiday standards. There have been other such contemplative Christmas records: George Winston's album, also called December, is calm rather than celebratory, and Barbra Streisand's Christmas Memories, released in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, is another collection that takes in the season's complexities. Add Botti's album to that list. The approach, of course, fits in with the trumpeter's overall musical style. Often heard through a mute, his playing usually has an intimate, low-key character, and that is true here, too. Critics have compared him to Miles Davis, and to that one easily may add Chet Baker, especially because like Baker, Botti has chosen to sing here, applying an adequate tenor to Richard Marx's "Perfect Day" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (the latter one of the more troubled of lyrics to become a Christmas standard). It isn't all doom and gloom, of course; there's a playful reading of "Winter Wonderland," for instance. But this is still an album to be put on in the shank of the evening when the Christmas festivities have subsided, not at the height of the celebrations.
© William Ruhlmann /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:52:24
- Main artists: Chris Botti
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Columbia
- Genre: Ambient/New Age Christmas Music
(P) 2002, 2006 SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT
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