43-440: Midnight Without You is the second studio album by trumpet player Chris Botti . It was released by Verve Forecast Records on May 20, 1997. Botti co-wrote the album title track with The Blue Nile . All music is composed by Chris Botti , except where noted Chris Botti Christopher Stephen Botti ( / ˈ b oʊ t i / BOH -tee ; born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2013, Botti won
86-454: A Dave Guardala MB1 mouthpiece and LaVoz medium reeds. His earlier mouthpieces included a metal Otto Link 'New York' STM (during the mid-1970s) and a metal Dukoff in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Brecker also played the drums as he often talked about time, or rhythm, being musically the most important. He displayed his drum prowess during shows with his own ensembles or accompanying students during masterclasses. On February 11, 2007, Brecker
129-765: A Leblanc Vacchiano Harmon mute from the 1950s. Before getting the Martin Handcraft Committee, Chris Botti played on a 1972 Calicchio S1 ML trumpet originally sold in September 1972. Dominick Calicchio's wife Irma Calicchio erased the original owner's name and information and put in Chris Botti's name as the official owner. He later traded the Calicchio S1 for the 1939 Handcraft Martin Committee. The Grammy Awards are awarded annually by
172-481: A dormitory official who disliked longhaired students. Mrs. Seamon's Sound Band were finalists in the competition at the Spring 1968 Notre Dame Collegiate Jazz Festival , but were disqualified for their interpretation of The Doors song " Light My Fire ". The band also performed outdoors on campus in a benefit for presidential candidate Eugene McCarthy in that year’s presidential election . Following that semester,
215-652: A featured soloist in the Brand New Day tour. The two-year run culminated in All This Time , a CD/DVD-taping and webcast performance from Sting's estate in Tuscany on September 11, 2001. Botti says his close friendship with Sting was an important development in his career. Botti was introduced to Columbia by Bobby Colomby , drummer and founding member of Blood, Sweat & Tears , who went on to become his producer and manager. Botti's first Columbia release
258-486: A line with their backs to the audience while facing an inscribed scroll ( Gohonzon ) hanging in a wooden shrine ( Butsudan ) and chanted, " Nam myoho renge kyo " for five minutes. Brecker's widow Susan organized two benefit concerts, the first in 2015 and the latter in 2017. The events were dubbed "The Nearness of You" concert and were held at Jazz at Lincoln Center 's Appel Room. The concerts aimed to support cancer research at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and
301-564: A more traditional sound than its predecessor. To Love Again: The Duets , released in 2005, continued where the previous album left off with more lush orchestral jazz via the London Session Orchestra , this time showcasing guest vocalists — as well as a handful of instrumental tracks. In May 2005, Botti was invited to perform at Oprah Winfrey's Legends Ball weekend honoring her African American heroines. In 2006, Billy Childs , Gil Goldstein & Heitor Pereira won
344-477: A niche for himself as a dynamic and exciting jazz soloist. He first made his mark at age 20 as a member of the jazz-rock band Dreams , a band that included his older brother, trumpeter Randy Brecker , trombonist Barry Rogers , drummer Billy Cobham , keyboardist Jeff Kent and bassist Doug Lubahn . Dreams was short-lived, lasting only from 1969 through 1972, but Miles Davis was seen at some gigs prior to his recording Jack Johnson . Most of Brecker's early work
387-576: A reputation as a versatile musician in both jazz and pop music for his ability to fuse both styles together. Botti was born in Portland, Oregon , and raised in Corvallis , although he also spent two years of his childhood in Italy. His earliest musical influence was his mother, a classically trained pianist and part-time piano teacher. He started playing the trumpet at nine years old, and committed to
430-531: A series of bone marrow drives throughout the world, including the Red Sea, Monterey, and Newport Jazz Festivals. Brecker was subsequently featured in a film directed by Noah Hutton (son of Debra Winger and Timothy Hutton ), named More to Live For . It documents Brecker's battle with leukemia, and the production of his final recording. By going public with his illness, Brecker raised tens of thousands of dollars for testing, and signed up many thousands of donors, but
473-588: A solo album in 1987. That eponymously titled debut album marked his return to a more traditional jazz setting, highlighting his compositional talents and featuring the EWI (Electronic Wind Instrument), which Brecker had previously played with Steps Ahead. In 1987 he featured his new solo album at the JVC Newport Jazz Festival, incorporating the EWI. Brecker continued to record albums as a leader throughout
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#1732802243306516-504: A studio musician. In 1990, he began a decade long touring and recording relationship with Paul Simon which broadened his exposure to other singers. During that period, he also performed/recorded with Aretha Franklin , Natalie Cole , Bette Midler , Joni Mitchell , Natalie Merchant , Scritti Politti , Roger Daltrey and others. On August 15, 1991, Botti performed with Paul Simon in New York's Central Park as part of The Rhythm of
559-673: Is capable of a lot more." That same year as well as the following year, Botti appeared as a Pennington Great Performers series artist with the Baton Rouge Symphony Orchestra . On April 17, 2012, Botti released his tenth studio album Impressions . On February 10, 2013, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album . On August 18, 2018, PBS released Botti's third PBS project, "Great Performances: The Chris Botti Band in Concert", where he
602-556: Is marked by an approach informed as much by rock guitar as by R&B saxophone. After Dreams, he worked with Horace Silver and then Billy Cobham before once again teaming up with his brother Randy to form the Brecker Brothers . The band followed jazz-funk trends of the time, but with more attention to structured arrangements, a heavier backbeat, and a stronger rock influence. The band stayed together from 1975 to 1982, with consistent success and musicality. In 1977 he founded
645-585: The Boston Pops Orchestra , Botti shared the stage with Yo-Yo Ma , Steven Tyler , Josh Groban , Katharine McPhee , John Mayer , Sting, and others. His first few releases are often classified as smooth jazz , though critic Alex Henderson argues that Botti's music was a cut above much of the genre; reviewing his 1999 album, Slowing Down the World , Henderson writes "it would be a major mistake to lump it in with... outright elevator muzak ... Botti
688-669: The Grammy Award in the Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album Impressions . He was also nominated in 2008 for his album Italia and received three nominations in 2010 for the live album Chris Botti in Boston . Four of his albums have reached the No. 1 position on the Billboard jazz albums chart. Coming to prominence with the 2001 recording of his Night Sessions album, Botti established
731-718: The Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) : " What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life? " (Chris Botti & Sting) from Botti's album To Love Again – The Duets . 2006 also marked his first PBS collaboration, Chris Botti Live: With Orchestra and Special Guests , released in early 2006. The CD and platinum-certified DVD included duets with Sting , Burt Bacharach , Gladys Knight , Jill Scott and Renee Olstead . On September 25, 2007, Botti released an album entitled Italia . The album places focus on Botti's Italian roots through such songs as "Venice", "Estaté", and
774-630: The Indiana University School of Music . Botti was also the recipient of two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts which allowed him to study with trumpeter Woody Shaw and saxophonist George Coleman during two consecutive summer breaks. Botti left Indiana University during his senior year for short touring stints with Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich . In 1985, he moved to New York City to hone his craft as
817-580: The Indianapolis Colts vs. New York Giants National Football League game. Botti appeared in the Season 3 The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills episode "Don't Sing For Your Supper" as a dinner guest of Yolanda Hadid and David Foster . Botti plays a Martin Committee large-bore Handcraft trumpet made in 1939, and uses a No. 3 silver-plated mouthpiece from Bach made in 1926, having recently retired his 1920 3C Bach mouthpiece. He uses
860-508: The Mount Fuji Jazz Festival in 2004, Brecker experienced a sharp pain in his back. Shortly thereafter in 2005, he was diagnosed with the blood disorder myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Despite a widely publicized worldwide search, Brecker was unable to find a matching stem cell donor. In late 2005, he was the recipient of an experimental partial matching stem cell transplant . By late 2006, he appeared to be recovering, but
903-632: The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences in the United States. Michael Brecker Michael Leonard Brecker (March 29, 1949 – January 13, 2007) was an American jazz saxophonist and composer. He was awarded 15 Grammy Awards as a performer and composer, received an honorary doctorate from Berklee College of Music in 2004, and was inducted into the DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in 2007. Brecker
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#1732802243306946-994: The Seventh Avenue South jazz club with his brother Randy. Brecker was in great demand as a soloist, sideman and session musician. He performed with bands whose styles ranged from mainstream jazz to mainstream rock. Altogether, he appeared on nearly 900 albums, either as a band member or a guest soloist. He put his stamp on numerous pop and rock recordings as a soloist, including notable work with James Taylor and Paul Simon . Other sessions included albums with Steely Dan , Lou Reed , Donald Fagen , Dire Straits , Joni Mitchell , Eric Clapton , Mark Knopfler , Billy Joel , John Lennon , Aerosmith , Dan Fogelberg , Kenny Loggins , Frank Sinatra , Frank Zappa , Bruce Springsteen , Roger Daltrey , Parliament-Funkadelic , Cameo , Yoko Ono , Todd Rundgren , Chaka Khan , Orleans , Blue Öyster Cult , The Manhattan Transfer , Average White Band , Players Association , Everything but
989-504: The 1990s and 2000s, winning multiple Grammy Awards . He went on tour in 2001 with a collaborative group, Hancock-Brecker- Hargrove . This tour was dedicated to jazz pioneers John Coltrane and Miles Davis. Brecker paid homage to Coltrane by performing Coltrane's signature piece, " Naima ". The concert CD from the tour, Directions in Music: Live At Massey Hall (2002), won a Grammy in 2003. While performing at
1032-491: The 1998 film Playing by Heart . Botti was the leader of the house band on the nationally syndicated daytime talk show The Caroline Rhea Show for its only season in 2002–2003. He was named one of People magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 2004. Botti performed " The Star-Spangled Banner " in MetLife Stadium for a crowd of over 80,000 and a worldwide television audience on November 3, 2014, prior to
1075-1081: The Girl , Patti Austin , Art Garfunkel , Carly Simon , The Brothers Johnson , Karen Carpenter , and T-Square . Brecker also recorded (or performed) with many leading jazz musicians of his era, including Herbie Hancock , Chick Corea , Hal Galper , Chet Baker , Jan Akkerman , George Benson , Quincy Jones , Charles Mingus , Jaco Pastorius , McCoy Tyner , Pat Metheny , Elvin Jones , Claus Ogerman , Billy Cobham , Horace Silver , Mike Stern , Mike Mainieri , Max Roach , Steps Ahead , Dave Holland , Joey Calderazzo , Kenny Kirkland , Bob James , Grant Green , Don Cherry , Hubert Laws , Don Alias , Larry Goldings , Bob Mintzer , Gary Burton , Yusef Lateef , Steve Gadd , Richard Tee , Dave Brubeck , Charlie Haden , John Abercrombie , Vince Mendoza , Roy Hargrove , and Spyro Gyra , as wel as for French zeuhl -band Magma . Brecker played tenor saxophone on two Billy Joel albums. In 1983, Brecker played on three tracks on
1118-779: The Saints tour. The performance was commercially released as the Concert in the Park CD. While on tour with Simon, he met saxophonist Michael Brecker , which led to Botti co-producing a track on the Brecker Brothers' Out of the Loop titled "Evocations". Botti's solo debut, First Wish , was released in 1995; his second effort, Midnight Without You , which included a collaboration with Blue Nile vocalist Paul Buchanan , appeared in 1997. These were followed by Slowing Down
1161-576: The World in 1999, which included vocal contributions from Sting and Jonatha Brooke (also on the Midnight Without You release). Botti composed the score and recorded a soundtrack for the 1996 film Caught . In the late 1990s, Botti was a member of Bruford Levin Upper Extremities , a group exploring a more experimental, jazz fusion-oriented sound than his solo records. Starting in 1999, Botti toured with Sting as
1204-464: The album An Innocent Man ("Careless Talk", " Tell Her About It " and " Keeping The Faith "). In 1986, he played on " Big Man on Mulberry Street " on the album The Bridge . During the early 1980s, he was also a member of NBC's Saturday Night Live Band . Brecker can be seen in the background sporting sunglasses during Eddie Murphy 's James Brown parody. After a stint co-leading the all-star group Steps Ahead with Mike Mainieri , Brecker recorded
1247-428: The band accepted a management offer and moved to Chicago , where drugs and a love triangle led to a suicide , which brought Chicago police to the manager's apartment, where all of the band except Sandke and Brecker, neither of whom were at the scene, were arrested. More trauma followed, and according to Randy Sandke, these events had an adverse psychological impact on Brecker which led to later substance abuse. During
1290-452: The evening. Mount Hood's program was headed by Larry McVey, whose band had come to be a proving ground and regular stop for Stan Kenton and Mel Tormé when they were looking for new players. It was here Botti played alongside his friend, trombonist and future Academy Award nominated filmmaker, Todd Field . After graduating from Crescent Valley High School , Botti studied under jazz educator David Baker and trumpet professor Bill Adam at
1333-513: The fall 1968 semester at Indiana University , Brecker formed a trio, which included the drummer from Mrs. Seamon's Sound Band, and played gigs at a church basement club called The Owl. Some of that was recorded. He dropped out before the end of the semester, spent a month in Mexico City , then returned to Philadelphia , where he played with Eric Gravatt , Billy Paul , and others. Brecker moved to New York City in 1969, where he carved out
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1376-538: The instrument at age 12 when he heard Miles Davis play " My Funny Valentine ". In 1981, he was selected as a member of McDonald's All American High School Jazz Band, which marked his first Carnegie Hall performance. At the age of 17, he ended up at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon, by convincing his high school to allow him to fulfill his remaining senior year credits there. Chris set his class schedule so that he could also play at Portland clubs in
1419-610: The tenor saxophone as his primary instrument in his sophomore year of high school. He graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1967 and spent that summer at the Berklee College of Music in Boston . In Fall 1967, he followed his older brother, Randy, to Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana , where he formed a jazz rock group with trumpet player Randy Sandke and others called Mrs. Seamon's Sound Band, named after
1462-493: The title track "Italia", on which he partnered with Andrea Bocelli . In December 2007, the album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album . Botti also performed the song with Bocelli during the 2007 edition of the Teatro del Silenzio , which was released on DVD titled Vivere Live in Tuscany in 2008. Early in 2009, Botti released his second CD/DVD PBS project, Chris Botti In Boston . Performing with
1505-536: The treatment proved not to be a cure. He made his final public performance on June 23, 2006, playing with Hancock at Carnegie Hall . Brecker died from complications of leukemia in a Manhattan hospital. His funeral was held on January 15, 2007, in Hastings-on-Hudson , New York. Early in his career, Brecker played a Selmer Super Balanced Action saxophone, later moving to a lacquer-finished Selmer Mark VI tenor saxophone with silver-plated neck, fitted with
1548-520: The work of doctors Azra Raza and Siddhartha Mukherjee . Guest performers included James Taylor , Paul Simon , Chaka Khan , Randy Brecker , Dianne Reeves , Bobby McFerrin , Diana Krall , Wynton Marsalis , Will Lee , Gil Goldstein , Antonio Sanchez , John Patitucci , Adam Rogers , Mike Mainieri , Andy Snitzer, Jack DeJohnette , Chase Baird , Jeff "Tain" Watts , Robert Glasper , Dave Liebman , Joe Lovano , Ravi Coltrane , Nir Felder , Eli Degibri and others. The Michael Brecker Archive
1591-508: Was Night Sessions in 2001. This was followed in 2002 by December , a holiday album, which included an original composition by Richard Marx . The project represented the only time Botti has performed vocals on two tracks. A Thousand Kisses Deep , was released in 2003 and contained a group of originals and covers that accent Botti's crossover appeal as both a jazz and pop musician. When I Fall in Love followed in 2004, which featured
1634-475: Was awarded two posthumous Grammy awards for his involvement on his brother Randy's 2005 album Some Skunk Funk . On May 22, 2007, his final recording, Pilgrimage , was released and received a good critical response. It was recorded in August 2006 with Pat Metheny on guitar, John Patitucci on bass, Jack DeJohnette on drums and Herbie Hancock and Brad Mehldau on piano. Brecker was critically ill when it
1677-483: Was born in Philadelphia and raised in the local suburb of Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania . He was raised in a Jewish, and artistic, family: his father, Bob (Bobby), was a lawyer who played jazz piano and his mother, Sylvia, was a portrait artist. Michael was exposed to jazz at an early age by his father. He began studying clarinet at age 6, then moved to the alto saxophone in the eighth grade, settling on
1720-693: Was established in 2013 at William Paterson University in Wayne, New Jersey, in collaboration with Susan Brecker, and Randy Brecker acting as advisor. The archive contains: original pencil and ink tune manuscripts covering Brecker's solo career and collaborations with Elvin Jones, Pat Metheny, Paul Simon, Horace Silver, Herbie Hancock, Chick Corea and others; three EWIs; mouthpieces, reeds and other equipment; over 250 commercially released LPs and CDs; over 1200 hours of unreleased live recordings and studio mixes on cassettes, DATs and other digital media; nine practice journals spanning from Brecker's time at Indiana University to
1763-401: Was joined on stage by vocalists Sy Smith and Veronica Swift , violinist Caroline Campbell and organist Joey DeFrancesco , along with pianist Taylor Eigsti . Botti's debut album on Blue Note Records entitled Vol. 1 is scheduled to be released October 20. The lead single " Old Folks " was released on August 18. Botti played the theme song on trumpet in closing scenes and credits in
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1806-519: Was recorded, but the other musicians involved praised the standard of his musicianship. Brecker was again posthumously awarded two additional Grammy Awards for this album in the categories of Best Jazz Instrumental Solo and Best Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or Group , bringing his Grammy total to 15. Brecker's search in the International Bone Marrow Registry for a match prompted his wife and manager to organize
1849-408: Was unable to find a match for himself. Herbie Hancock said that around nine months before his death, Brecker had started practicing Buddhism and three months later joined Soka Gakkai International , a group associated with Nichiren Buddhism . At Brecker's memorial service, Hancock, Wayne Shorter and Buster Williams (who all practice the same form of Buddhism) as well as Brecker's son, Sam, sat in
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