Chris Botti (trumpet) "Easter Parade"

Christopher Stephen Botti or Chris Botti [BOH-tee] (born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. Born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Corvallis, Oregon, he spent two years of his childhood growing up in Italy. His earliest musical influence was his mother, a classically trained pianist and part-time piano teacher.
He plays a Martin Committee Handcraft trumpet made in 1940, and uses a 3 silver plated mouthpiece from Bach made in 1926, having recently retired his 1920 3C Bach mouthpiece. He counts Miles Davis among his most significant influences.
Botti attended Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon where he studied under Larry McVey whose renowned jazz program had come to be a regular stop for Stan Kenton and Mel Tormé when they were looking for new players. It was here he played alongside his friend, trombonist and future Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Todd Field.
After leaving Mount Hood, Botti studied under David Baker and Bill Adam at Indiana University.

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[ArletaAnnaMaria]

cudo !!!

[diannecastbotti]

well im 17 and i like this guy since i was 8

[sracer42]

Brilliant. Love this tune.

[MrGentlehand]

im 23...bu i liked this guy since i was 19

[daynelmarzo]

I'm with you man...i'm 20 years old as well and I also respect this kind of music..it's beautiful.

[liedjelisette]

I'm only 20 and I know not a lot of people my age can already respect this but ... oh my, what is this pritty!

[gotthelm]

I'm pretty sure he uses the LCM 77.

[mack48034]

A beautiful update on the Blue Nile classic,...

[Jazzcrazy91]

This is one of my favorite jazz ballads.

[PretzelLogic]

oh, I thought this was going to be bad.

I know he'd worked with The Blue Nile, so I thought Paul Buchanan would be singing here. When he wasn't, couldn't help but think - not a trumpet instead of vocals! That won't work!

I was wrong, quite brilliant.