Chris Botti looks ahead to 2010
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Smooth-jazz trumpeter/composer Chris Botti has lined up dates well into next year, including an upcoming session this month with the Boston Pops Orchestra.
Botti's schedule, which kicks off Aug. 7 in Lenox, MA, backed by the Pops, stretches into May of 2010, including a long residency later this year at New York's Blue Note jazz club that runs Dec. 14 through Jan. 3, and will feature two performances each night. In November, Botti heads overseas for several shows in Poland. Those dates can be found at the performer's official website.
"Italia," Botti's latest studio release, surfaced in late 2007, debuted at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart and earned a Grammy nomination for best Pop Instrumental Album. The set, which features guest vocalists including Andrea Bocelli and Paula Cole, was inspired by the romance of Italy.
"It really is a beautiful kind of love letter to Italy expressing the longing of someone who's not there," Botti said in his bio. "Italy has a romantic quality about it even for someone who's never been there ... the food, the fashion, the art, the landscape, the way the people live their life."
Last fall, Botti took his love letter to Beantown for his debut with the Boston Pops. Two concerts, featuring guest stars including Sting, Josh Groban, Steven Tyler and Yo-Yo Ma, were filmed for broadcast this spring on PBS-TV's annual pledge drive. A DVD of the broadcast, "Chris Botti in Boston," was released this spring, along with a 13-track CD version.
August 2009
7 - Lenox, MA - Tanglewood (w/ Boston Pops)
8 - Hyannis, MA - Cape Cod Melody Tent
September 2009
5 - N. Las Vegas, NV - Aliante Hotel And Casino
11 - Edmond, OK - Uco Jazz Lab
12 - Fort Worth, TX - Jazz By The Boulevard
18 - Saint Louis, MO - Fox Theatre
19 - Milwaukee, WI - Milwaukee Riverside Theater
25 - Kansas City, MO - Midland Theatre
26 - Springfield, OH - Clark State Performing Arts Center
October 2009
2 - San Diego, CA - Humphreys Concerts By The Bay
17 - Fort Pierce, FL - Sunrise Theatre
22 - Toronto, Ontario - Massey Hall
24 - Buffalo, NY - Kleinhans Music Hall (w/ Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra)
29-31 - Washington, DC - Kennedy Center Concert Hall (w/ National Symphony Orchestra)
November 2009
20 - Montclair, NJ - Wellmont Theatre
21 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Theatre
24 - Indianapolis, IN - Hilbert Circle Theater - (w/ Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra)
December 2009
4, 5 - Minneapolis, MN - Orchestral Hall
6 - Waukegan, IL - Genesee Theatre
13 - Pittsburgh, PA - Heinz Hall
14-31 - New York, NY - Blue Note - 2 Performances: 8PM & 10:30PM
January 2010
1-3 - New York, NY - Blue Note - 2 Performances: 8PM & 10:30PM
5 - Charleston, SC - Charleston Music Hall
7 - Greenville, SC - Peace Center Concert Hall
8 - Morristown, NJ - Morristown Community Theatre
14 - Madison, WI - Overture Hall
15 - Detroit, MI - Orchestra Hall
February 2010
09 - Phoenix, AZ - Dodge Theatre
11-13 - Costa Mesa, CA - Segerstrom Hall (w/ Pacific Symphony Orchestra)
14 - Palm Desert, CA - Mccallum Theatre
March 2010
2 - Indiana, PA - Fisher Auditorium - Indiana University Of Pennsylvania
April 2010
10 - Winston Salem, NC - Reynolds Auditorium
17 - Orange, TX - Lutcher Theater For The Performing Arts
May 2010
7 - Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Symphony Hall (w/ Atlanta Symphony Orchestra)
14 - Virginia Beach, VA - Sandler Center For Performing Arts
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