When I Fall In Love by Chris Botti: Smooth Jazz CD Review
by Lee Dennis, a.k.a. SmoothLee
I first heard Chris Botti during a special on the Oprah Winfrey
Show and my
first thought was "does this guy have a way with a trumpet or what?"
Boy does he ever!
Right off the heels of the success of the wonderful CD A Thousand Kisses Deep
he now comes with the release of When I Fall In Love. On which he certainly
delivers his trademark very smooth trumpet sound.
Click to hear MP3
samples of each song on When I
Fall In Love by Chris Botti.
This CD is not just another example of an artist from another genre jumping on
the standards and ballads bandwagon. Instead it showcases wonderfully an instrumental stylist busting out of a box to find a much more
suitable platform for his craft. It's easy to hear in the tracks on this smooth
jazz CD that Botti is one who truly enjoys everyone of the songs featured on the
CD.
The entire album simmers with soft but intense sensuality as Botti supplies
his usual exceptional melodies and extraordinary combinations of understated but undeniable
arrangements. I do not believe the combinations of bass and trumpet on track
2, What'll I Do? could be more perfect.
Botti enlists the vocal talents of none other than Sting, and Paula Cole who
show's herself to be a very well chosen compliment to his own exceptional talent.
Also appearing on the CD is keyboard genius Billy Childs.
When I Fall In Love is a CD that clearly showcases all of Botti's talent and
is truly and outstanding production. It provides a real good mix of traditional standards and more modern romantic
songs creating a song selection that is well designed for
those who want to "get in the mood for love."
This is without a doubt one of the best CD's I've heard from Chris Botti,
and is music that anyone can enjoy regardless of preference.
A must have if you're at all inclined to such musical tastes.
The standout tunes are Botti's rendition of the Sade classic, No Ordinary
Love [track 3], Someone To Watch Over Me [track 7], and One For My Baby And One
For The Road [track 12]. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the one that got
Sore [...as in "Stuck On REpeat"] is track 8 featuring Sting, La Belle
Dame Sans Regrets.
Very nice!
Release Notes:
This CD was originally released September 28, 2004 on the Sony record label.
CD track list follows:
1. When I Fall In Love
2. What'll I Do?
3. No Ordinary Love
4. My Romance
5. Let's Fall In Love
6. Cinema Paradiso
7. Someone To Watch Over Me
8. La Belle Dame Sans Regrets
9. Nearness Of You
10. How Love Should Be
11. Make Someone Happy
12. One For My Baby And One More For The Road
13. Time To Say Goodbye (Con te Partiro)
To listen to samples of each song on When I
Fall In Love by Chris Botti go to:
Chris
Botti CD - When I Fall In Love Samples
Lee Dennis, a.k.a. "SmoothLee" is an AVID music fan, smooth jazz in particular, and in addition to writing CD Reviews for
I Love Smooth Jazz.com
can also be heard during his
radio show which airs daily online at Smooth Jazz 24/7
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