Chris Botti
Blue Note131 West 3rd Street, New York 10012
Chris Botti is billed at Blue Note for this Manhattan date. No supporting performers or guests are announced for the evening, and the available listing material does not specify the formation for this particular performance. It does place the trumpeter in the club’s close listening-room setting, where the focus stays on the set rather than spectacle.
Botti is a world-renowned trumpeter whom Blue Note calls the largest-selling American instrumental artist, with music that has crossed into pop audiences alongside #1 jazz albums and Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards. His collaborators have included Sting, Paul Simon, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Tony Bennett, Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Joni Mitchell, Herbie Hancock and Yo-Yo Ma. At earlier Blue Note residencies, guests have included Sting and John Mayer. The Wall Street Journal has called Botti “a December institution in the Big Apple at the Blue Note,” a line that fits his long-running association with the room.
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.