Chris Botti
Blue Note131 West 3rd Street, New York 10012
Chris Botti brings his 22nd Annual Holiday Residency to Blue Note for a late December set. The trumpeter has made the club a December home since 2005, and this date falls within a four-week run extending from mid-December into early January, including Christmas and New Year’s Eve. The listing frames the residency as a return to a long-running New York tradition, with Botti calling the Blue Note “like coming home.” No accompanying performers are announced for this performance.
Botti is described by the venue as a world-renowned trumpeter and, in The Wall Street Journal’s words, “a December institution in the Big Apple at the Blue Note.” His annual run has a history of unannounced musical guests: Sting and John Mayer are cited as past visitors in 2011. The residency’s audience has also included figures from across entertainment, from Mary J. Blige to Paul Haggis, underscoring the particular place these December Blue Note appearances hold in the city’s musical calendar.
Blue Note Jazz Club is a dedicated listening room in the heart of Manhattan's jazz district, where the music is the focus and the space is designed to let the sound fill the room. The club features a stage with a small audience area, and the atmosphere is one of quiet concentration on the music. Shows typically begin at 8:00 PM with a second set at 10:30 PM, and the audience sits on chairs close to the stage. The club has a bar, and drinks are available. The experience is primarily about listening to live jazz, with occasional gospel and soul performances, and the audience often stays to talk and enjoy the music after the sets.