Chris Botti in Boston 2009
Chris Botti is a world class jazz trumpeter. I enjoy the
smooth notes he plays on the trumpet. It has a feeling of class to it. His
music has a lot of consonance and often performs with orchestras. In this
album, Chris Botti in Boston, he
highlights the trumpet playing with the Boston Pops orchestra. Normally, when I
think of trumpets images of the military and Taps comes to my mind, but the
music that Botti plays from the trumpet made me rethink the rigid style I
normally associate with the trumpet and transforms the trumpet into a classy
instrument. There is one high note he plays in Ava Maria that blows me away
even though the trumpet is known for its high notes Botti plays them softly and
powerfully at the same time. Another song I enjoy is Cinema Paradiso. It pairs
the piano, cello and trumpet together beautifully, not to mention Yo Yo Ma is
on the chello. The cello starts out with the melody then Botti comes in and
takes over the melody with the trumpet with the melody jumping back and forth
between the cello and trumpet. Beautiful to my ears!
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