Chris Botti or the art to beautifully fuses jazz with pop, classical and even country sounds with amazing results. Impressions by the American trumpeter, the world's largest selling jazz instrumentalist, has a triple interest. First a full menu of his incomparable trumpet playing; then an exciting program of songs and compositions of various styles (Chopin, Gershwin, Aranjuez, Piazzolla, Cuban composer Cesar Portillo de la Luz, Harold Arlen, R. Kelly, Randy Newman, Bob Thiele and David Weiss, Brazilian songwriter Ivan Lins), expressing his love for rich, evocative melodies, many of which are deeply enhanced by the superb orchestrations of William Ross, Vince Mendoza, Gil Goldstein and Jaques Morelenbaum; and at last an impressive line-up of featured artists joining him for the best of the best (pianist/composer Herbie Hancock, tenor Andrea Bocelli, country singer Vince Gill, rock star Mark Knopfler, composer/pianist David Foster, violinist Caroline Campbell...). Now you only have to enjoy ! (Qobuz)