Chris Botti First Wish CD

First Wish Music

List Price	$14.98 (You save $4.43)
Category	Rock/Pop Albums, Jazz CDs, Jazz Instrument, Trumpet
Label	Verve
Orig Year	1995
All Time Sales Rank	31193
CD Universe Part number	1177142
Catalog number	527141
Discs	1
Release Date	Feb 28, 1995
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Chris Botti; Kevin Killen
Engineer	Andrew Page; Kevin Killen
Recording Time	45 minutes
Personnel	Michael Brecker - tenor saxophone Chris Botti - trumpet, keyboards, programming Steve Ferrone - drums Chris Botti - trumpet, keyboards, programming Pino Palladino - bass Joe Bonadio - percussion Jerry Marotta - drums Andy Snitzer - Rhodes, bass, programming Mitchell Froom - organ Cyro Baptista - sordu, shaker List all 22 contributors

Chris Botti First Wish Songs

1.	Worlds Outside	$0.99
2.	On the Night Ride	$0.99
3.	First Wish	$0.99
4.	Like I Do Now
5.	Cubism	$0.99
6.	Through Tin Hearts	$0.99
7.	Longing	$0.99
8.	Nerve Central	$0.99
9.	Fade to Day	$0.99
10.	Few More Days, a Few More Weeks, A

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Excellent CD....Highly recommended
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