Chris Botti

Chris Botti is an American trumpeter and composer from Portland, Oregon, working between jazz and pop. He is a crossover player, fusing instrumental jazz with pop on a 1939 Martin Committee trumpet. He broke through with "Night Sessions" (2001) and won a Grammy for "Impressions" (2012). He has worked with Sting, Paul Simon and Andrea Bocelli, and his December residency at New York's Blue Note dates back to 2005.