Chris Botti

Chris Botti brings his 22nd Annual Holiday Residency to Blue Note on New Year’s Eve. The listing identifies Botti as the night’s sole billed act and does not specify an accompanying lineup, so this appearance is billed under his name rather than as a group. The four-week residency runs from mid-December into early January, including Christmas and New Year’s Eve; Botti has made Blue Note his December home since 2005. Previous editions have included impromptu guests, including Sting and John Mayer, though none is announced for this date.

Blue Note calls Botti a world renowned trumpeter and notes that he became the largest-selling American instrumental artist, with four No. 1 jazz albums as well as Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards. AllMusic describes him as “one of the most successful crossover artists of his generation,” a “lyrical jazz trumpeter known for his stylishly romantic sound.” 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. A Paris Move review praised Vol. 1 for its “soft touch” and “skillful reimagining” of standards, calling its “Blue in Green” a “masterpiece.” The Wall Street Journal has called Botti “a December institution in the Big Apple at the Blue Note.”