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Trumpeter Chris Botti heralds in more shows

Published November 8, 2006 01:07 PM

By Kym Kilgore / LiveDaily Contributor

Contemporary-jazz trumpeter Chris Botti [ tickets ] is living life on the road, touring non-stop in the US and abroad with current dates through next October.

Since September, Botti has played in the US, Canada, Singapore, the Philippines and China, and just finished a four-day stint in Japan. With barely enough time to recover from the jet lag, he'll do a few US shows starting Nov. 8 in New York City, head to Thailand for a few dates in December and close out the year with a two-week run at The Blue Note in his home city of New York. A massive US tour follows.

The schedule for Botti's international dates can be found at his website. US dates are listed below.

Botti's latest album, "To Love Again," was released in October 2005. It is a collection of jazz standards featuring nine guest-star vocalists: Sting, Gladys Knight, Steven Tyler, Paula Cole, Michael Buble, Jill Scott, Paul Buchanan, Renee Olstead and Rosa Passos. The London Session Orchestra once again joins Botti on instrumental tracks, as it did on the trumpeter's 2004 release, "When I Fall in Love."

Before going solo, Botti was a key sideman for many artists in the studio and on the road. He's toured with Paul Simon and was a featured soloist on Sting's "Brand New Day" tour.

The musician's big break came when he was "discovered" by Oprah Winfrey, who presented him on her show in November 2004, according to a press release. Within a week, he had reportedly sold more than 50,000 albums and has not lost momentum since.

TOUR DATES

November 2006
8, 9 - New York, NY - Central Park
18 - Atlantic City, NJ - Resorts Theatre
19 - York, PA - Strand Theatre
21 - New York, NY - Bloomingdales
24 - Tahoe, NV - Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe

December 2006
19-31 - New York, NY - The Blue Note (two shows nightly)

January 2007
7 - Tulsa, OK - Chapman Center
8 - Fort Worth, TX - Bass Performance Hall
9 - Houston, TX - Verizon Wireless Theatre
10 - Texarkana, TX - Perot Theatre
11 - Miami, FL - Carnival Concert Hall
12 - Orlando, FL - Hard Rock
13 - Clearwater, FL - Ruth Eckerd Hall
14 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle
16 - Norfolk, VA - Chrysler Hall
17 - Charlotte, NC - Ovens Auditorium
18 - Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Hall
19-20 - Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
21 - Baltimore, MD - Lyric
22 - Salt Lake City, UT - Abravenal Hall
25 - Palm Desert, CA -McCallum Theatre
26-27 - St. Louis, MO - Touhill
28 - Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre
31 - Boston, MA - Opera House

February 2007
3 - Seattle, WA - Paramount
9 - Cerritos, CA - Cerritos PAC
16 - Oakland, CA - Paramount
17 - Stockton, CA - Bob Hope Theatre
22 - Indianapolis, IN - Murat Theatre
23 - Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theatre
24 - South Bend, IN - Morris PAC

March 2007
23 - State College, PA - State Theatre
24 - Brookville, NY - Tilles Center PAC
26-27 - Annapolis, MD - Rams Head
30 - Beaver Creek, CO Vilar Centre

April 2007
14 - Wellington, FL - Palm Beach International Jazz Festival
15 - Jacksonville, FL - Metropolitan Park
18 - Morgantown, WV - WVU Creative Arts Centre
19 - Washington, DC - Warner Theatre
20 - Newport News, VA - Ferguson Center
21 - Cleveland, OH - State Theatre
26 - Memphis, TN - Orpheum Theatre
27 - Nashville, TN - Schemerhorn Symphony
28 - Princeton, NJ - McCarter Theatre
29 - Harftford, CT - The Bushnell

May 2007
12 - Upper Darby, PA - Tower Theatre
17 - Wausau, WI - ArtsBlock: Grand Theatre

June 2007
16 - Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Bowl

July 2007
14 - San Francisco, CA - Davies Symphony Hall

September 2007
30 - Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Pops Music Hall

October 2007
7 - Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Pops Music Hall

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Chris Botti tickets at Ticketmaster