Chris Botti: Live (With Orchestra and Special Guests) [Blu-ray]

1 more product image	Directed by Jim Gable Starring: Chris Botti Sony BMG, 2006, Blu-ray Customer Rating: 71 reviews   Recommend List Price: $21.98 Our Price: $13.99 (Price details) You Save: $7.99 (36%) Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Free Shipping on orders over $25.

December 2005. Los Angeles, California. Trumpeter Chris Botti, on the heels of his break-through gold certified album "When I Fall In Love", and the record-breaking follow up "To Love Again", plays two triumphant shows at the Wilshire Theatre backed by a full orchestra and his virtuosic band. Playing repertoire mostly culled from these two hit albums, Chris is joined onstage by some of the world's most accomplished singers and musicians (in order of appearance) Sting, Jill Scott, Paula Cole, Burt Bacharach, Renee Olstead, Paul Buchanan and Gladys Knight. Filmed for the PBS Special "Chris Botti Live With Orchestra and Special Guests"....and now available on Blu-ray Disc. Presented in full 1080 High Definition and stunning high-fidelity uncompressed surround sound.

Jazz trumpeter Chris Botti is mostly exquisite on this concert DVD, which gives old fans and new arrivals a chance to hear him apply his rich, expressive playing to a number of old standards, as well as one or two of his own compositions. Botti, along with a remarkable band including Billy Childs on piano and Billy Kilson on drums, plays six numbers as instrumentals but is joined on eight other performances by a few guests. Sans vocals, Botti warms up a delighted audience with a nice, if slightly exercised, take on "Someone to Watch Over Me," but proves magnificent on "When I Fall In Love" and especially Leonard Cohen's "A Thousand Kisses Deep." Then out glides old pal Sting (who invited Botti to join his own touring band some years ago), who has a nice go at "What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?", followed by jazz-blues belter Jill Scott's terrific "Good Morning Heartache." Less effective are two appearances by Paula Cole, of which the second, "The Look of Love," doesn't work particularly well for anyone, including Botti and composer-pianist Burt Bacharach (also onstage). Renee Olstead sizzles up the joint with her kittenish "Pennies from Heaven," and Sting returns for a comic if touching "My Funny Valentine." — Tom Keogh

Title: Chris Botti: Live (With Orchestra and Special Guests) [Blu-ray]
Sales Rank: 5431 in Music
Actor: Chris Botti
Director: Jim Gable
Studio: Sony BMG, 2007-05-29, Theatrical Release: 2006
Format: Color, Enhanced, Live, Widescreen, Acpect Ratio 1.78:1
Languages: English (Original Language)
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Region Code: 1
Running Time: 108 minutes
Package Dimensions: 7.1 x 5.42 x 0.58 inches, 0.18 pounds

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