Very Best Of Chris Botti CD

THE VERY BEST OF CHRIS BOTTI collects from three of the jazz-pop trumpeter's albums: 1995's FIRST WISH, 1997's MIDNIGHT WITHOUT YOU, and 1999's SLOWING DOWN THE WORLD. Botti's music is strong on warm, evocative atmospheres, light grooves, and sweet melodies, and the artist's confident, lyrical tone is always a pleasure. Botti's music also easily crosses over into straight pop territory as "Midnight Without You" and vocal contributions from Jeff Lorber and Edie Brickell, among others, prove. THE VERY BEST is a convenient, stylish sampler of Botti's smooth, likeable jazz-pop

Edie Brickell (vocals); Mike Davis (trombone); Andy Snitzer (Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, bass, programming); Jeff Lorber (electric piano, clavinet); Joseph Moore (keyboards, programming); John Levanthal (organ); Harvey Jones (keyboards); Paul Levant, Tim Pierce, Marc Shulman Larry Saltzman (guitar); Pino Palladino John Ossmon (bass); Shawn Pelton (drums, high hat); John Robinson, Jerry Marotta, Steve Ferone, Shane Fontayne (drums); Joe Bonadio, Alex Acuna (percussion).

Recorded between 1995 & 1999.

W/ Blue Nile,Jonatha Brooke, Edie Brickell

Producers: Chris Botti, Joseph Moore, Kevin Killen, Harvey Jones, Andy Snitzer.

Compilation producer: Bud Harner.

Personnel: Chris Botti (trumpet, piano, keyboards, programming); Edie Brickell, Jonatha Brooke, Paul Buchanan (vocals); Paul Livant, Gerry Leonard , Marc Shulman, Shane Fontayne, Tim Pierce, Vincent Nguini, Larry Saltzman (guitar); Jeff Lorber (piano, electric piano, Clavinet); Jeff Scott Young (piano, electric piano, organ); Paul Joseph Moore (piano, keyboards, programming); Andy Snitzer (Fender Rhodes piano, Wurlitzer organ, programming, drum programming); John Levanthal (organ); Harvey Jones (keyboards); Shawn Pelton (drums, hi-hat, tambourine); John "J.R." Robinson , Jerry Marotta, Steve Ferrone (drums); Joe Bonadio (tambourine, percussion); Alex Acuña (percussion); Garry Hughes (programming).

Photographer: Rocky Schenck.

Unknown Contributor Role: London Session Orchestra.

Personnel includes: Chris Botti (trumpet, piano, keyboards, programming);