Chris Botti First China Tour May 18, 2008

Time: 2008/5/18
Venue: Forbidden City Music Hall
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TrumpeterChris Botti will have his first china tour concert at the forbiddencity music hall on May, 18. Repertoires include film theme music suchas Cinema Paradiso, Sleepless In Seattle, Once Upon a Time in America, My Best Friend's Wedding, as well as many other jazz love music.

Biography
Thoughbest-known as a contemporary jazz performer, trumpeter Chris Botti madehis initial splash on the pop music scene. A native of Oregon,he started playing at the age of ten, and while still in high schoolbegan performing professionally. After studying in the prestigiousIndiana University music program under the noted jazz educator DavidBaker, Botti relocated to New York, where he served with saxophonistGeorge Coleman and trumpet great Woody Shaw; under the guidance ofproducers including Hugh Padgham and Arif Mardin, he swiftly emerged asa highly regarded pop session player, lending his trumpet to recordingsfrom figures including Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, and Thomas Dolby. In1990, Botti was asked to join Paul Simon's band, where he remained forthe next five years. Finally, in 1995, he recorded his solo debut, First Wish,a record combining the sounds of contemporary pop-jazz with thetextures of art rock. After scoring the 1996 film Caught, Bottiresurfaced in 1997 with his second LP, Midnight Without You, which was followed by Slowing Down the World in 1999.Two years later, he was a featured soloist on Sting's Brand New Dayworld tour, and that time allowed Botti to rediscover old musicalpassions and create new ones. Night Sessions (2001), which was recorded in Los Angeles,captured such jazzy pop. That muse was explored further in 2003 withThousand Kisses Deep, and to a lesser extent on the more traditionalorchestral jazz of 2004's When I Fall in Love. Since that time, Bottihas released a handful of albums including To Love Again: The Duets in 2005, a reissue of his holiday album December in 2006, and Italia in 2007.

In media
Botti was the leader of the house band on the nationally syndicated daytime talk show The Caroline Rhea Show (a replacement for The Rosie O'Donnell Show) for its only season in 2002-2003.

He was named one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 2004. Botti performed at the 2005 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, opening the show.

Forseveral years, Botti also hosted a radio show called Chill with ChrisBotti, that focused mainly on "chill" music, which is described as"smooth jazz with a touch of cool jazz." In 2007, saxophonist MindiAbair took over the hosting duties, and the show, using the same formatas before, is now called Chill with Mindi Abair.

With the success of To Love Again, Botti hosted a special concert at the Wilshire Theatre in Los Angelesin December 2005 with many of the guest artists from the CD. It wasrecorded for airing on PBS in Spring 2006 as Chris Botti: Live withOrchestra and Special Guests, which also was released as a DVD.

Discography
First Wish (1995)
Midnight Without You (1997)
Slowing Down the World (1999)
Night Sessions (2001)
The Very Best of Chris Botti (2002)
December (2002)
A Thousand Kisses Deep (2003)
When I Fall In Love (2004)
To Love Again (2005)
Italia (2007)

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