Christopher Stephen Botti or Chris Botti [BOH-tee] (born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. Botti has been nominated for two Grammy Awards . Three of his albums have reached the #1 position on the Billboard jazz albums chart.
Coming to prominence in the mid-1990s, Botti established a reputation as a versatile musician, excelling in both jazz and pop music.
Born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Corvallis, Oregon, he spent tw...
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Christopher Stephen Botti or Chris Botti [BOH-tee] (born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. Botti has been nominated for two Grammy Awards . Three of his albums have reached the #1 position on the Billboard jazz albums chart.
Coming to prominence in the mid-1990s, Botti established a reputation as a versatile musician, excelling in both jazz and pop music.
Born in Portland, Oregon and raised in Corvallis, Oregon, he spent two years of his childhood growing up in Italy. His earliest musical influence was his mother, a classically trained pianist and part-time piano teacher.
He started playing the trumpet at 9-years-old and committed to the instrument at age 12, when he heard Miles Davis play "My Funny Valentine."
In 1980, he was selected as a member of McDonalds’ All American High School Jazz band which marked his first Carnegie Hall performance.
He ended up at Mount Hood Community College in Gresham, Oregon by convincing his high school to allow him to fulfill...
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