Chris Botti in Boston CD/DVD Review
Product Details
- Audio CD (March 31, 2009)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Format: Live
- Label: Sony
- ASIN: B001PXYH6Y
Product Description
Special CD/DVD edition of the trumpeter’s 2009 live release includes a bonus DVD that includes a two hour concert plus a . 40-minute Behind-The-Scenes bonus. Chris Botti In Boston finds the chart-topping Jazz trumpeter and special guests performing live at the historic Boston Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops on September 18 and 19, 2008. Includes guest appearances from Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer, Katharine McPhee, Sting, Lucia Micarelli and Steven Tyler.
Chris Botti in Boston CD/DVD Review
A front row seat to the best concert of the year. I love that artists are putting out CD/DVDs!!! Listening to Chris Botti’s music is divine but watching him play is divin-est–I know thats not a real word but you get the idea :). Chris is a commanding presence on stage even when surrounded by stellar-stars like Sting, Steven Tyler, Yo-yo Ma, John Mayer and the sexy Katherine McPhee. He’s confident and funny, and like all great performers, he takes your hand and navigates you seamlessly through the show. He remained calm even when, mid-song, a guy in the second row had a heart attack!! Apparently he lived (watch his hilarious intv. in the behind the scenes material)!
Then, of course, there is the music. Chris’ version of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” is so hauntingly beautiful I cry every time I hear it. I had tons of favorites but his duet with Steven Tyler singing “Smile” is so fun to watch, maybe because the two-shot of them playing together is fantastically incongruous. His band kills on When I Fall in Love, which is another favorite. And as many times as I’ve heard Miles Davis’ Flamenco Sketches I never tire of hearing Chris play it; or Time to Say Goodbye, or Caruso; or Seven Days, his duet with the sublime Sting (it’s not possible that that man is nearly 60). I guess I love all the songs.
Spend the extra few $ for the DVD it’s worth getting a peek of the rehearsal (with all the funny screw-ups and authenticity of unguarded stars) and the behind the scenes interviews with Chris and Sting and Yo yo Ma and Josh Groban….and then there’s John Mayer’s sweet Kodak moment. Priceless.
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