Chris Botti News

With a set that included everything from Miles Davis to Michael Jackson, jazz trumpeter Chris Botti took the stage fir a sold out show at the Pechanga Theater Saturday, May 11.

TURLOCK — You look at the man with the horn, his fair features and curly blond hair, and wonder how Chris Botti can be seen as a polarizing figure in jazz.

Botti started his career working with legends like Frank Sinatra and Paul Simon, however, it was when he began playing with Sting on his Brand New Day tour that he found crossover success.

Temecula's own modern dance company is set to perform at 8 p.m. on May 10-11 at the Old Town Community Theater.

For contemporary pop/jazz trumpeter extraordinaire Chris Botti, learning from the best has helped propel him to become one of today's most popular instrumental musicians.

Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts has announced its May-June 2013 events, including Phantom Limb Company: 69S, McCoy Tyner Quartet with Special Guest Joe Lovano, Talk Cinema, Chris Botti , and Love, Loss and What I Wore.

Award-winning Canadian jazz pianist, vocalist and songwriter Laila Biali, who has toured with Suzanne Vega , Chris Botti and Paula Cole , recorded with and supported Sting, and played all over the world at Tokyo's Cotton Club, Peru's El Festival Internacional de Lima, and Carnegie Hall in New York City, will be taking over SubCulture for a ... (more)

Award-winning Canadian pianist, vocalist and songwriter Laila Biali has toured with Grammy award-winners Suzanne Vega, Chris Botti and Paula Cole and has recorded with and supported pop icon Sting.

By now everyone's heard about the great acoustics at the Green Music Center, and the state-of-the-art design of the 1,400-seat space, how the chairs alone cost a million bucks, all that jazz.

It's good to have friends in high places. Paul Simon, Sting and Barbra Streisand aren't just legends.

This Raleigh singer/songwriter's road to country music has been anything but the traditional route.