Chris Botti (Trumpet)
One of the best trumpet players of the world, a skilled instrumentalist, a talented composer and a charismatic performer - Chris Botti has created a kind of architectural feature that attracts the attention of fans as modern jazz and pop music. Surrounded by music since childhood (his mother - pianist) in 9 years Chris chose his pipe as a solo instrument. "She came up to me all the more temperamentally" - says the musician. His mentors and teachers were legendary Woody Shaw and Frank Sinatra. Since 1999, Chris Botti has been acting with Sting. Chris Botti has worked with many famous jazz, rock and pop performers - Paul Simon Arettoy Franklin, Josh Grobanom, Burt Bacharach, Michael Buble, and Mark Knopfler. In 2004, Botti album «When I Fall In Love» took 1st place in the category "Best jazz albums." Chriss Botti has recorded over 10 solo albums, three of which reached number one on the jazz albums chart magazine Billbord. Botti was nominated four times for a Grammy Award.
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