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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0827969287224 Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: September 28, 2004 Studio: Sony Sales Rank: 707 MPN: 92872
Amazon.com: This is not the typical example of an artist from another genre jumping on the crowded standards-and-ballads bandwagon. When I Fall in Love instead represents an instrumental stylist busting out of a box to find a much more suitable platform for his craft. These tracks are the fruits of an obvious labor of love for everyone from the featured musicians to the arrangers to the engineers. The arrangers, particularly Billy Childs and Gil Goldstein, give Botti's trumpet a broad-brushed orchestral backdrop that allows him to emerge from the swirling strings and bouncy horns with bold strokes of creative improvising. Some tracks are obvious nods to Gil Evans and the lush arrangements of 1970s CTI recordings. Even the guest vocalists, Sting and Paula Cole, let his trumpet sing first before their respective cues on "La Belle Dame Sans Regrets" and "What'll I Do." The only blemish here is the obvious attempt at smooth jazz airplay with Sade's "No Ordinary Love." --Mark Ruffin
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Rating: - Miraculously healing music....
I have never heard "No Ordinary Love" played with such overwhelming charm. All tracks are wonderful, but "LA BELLE DAME SANS REGRETS" is my favorite, Sting's voice along with Chris Botti's playing was ... Read More
Rating: - I have "fallen in love" with Chris Botti
I had always heard Chris Botti on the Smooth Jazz station here in Fort Worth, but it wasn't until I watched his special "Chris Botti and Friends" on PBS that I was totally hooked. I went to Amazon to ... Read More
Rating: - Chris Botti with some beautiful standards.
Nice mellow tracks. Chris Botti plays these old standards beautifully.
Restrained but very nice with some subtle reinterpretations.
Great if you like old standards. My favourites - When I fall ... Read More
Rating: - A truly beautiful album...
A truly beautiful album for any jazz lover with a romantic persona and an appreciation for the subtlety of classic standards performed by a passionate artist. I have only listened to the album a few times, ... Read More
Rating: - Fantastic
This is one cd that I just leave in the cd player. when i get home from work I just hit the play and the music takes over. It has to be one of the most inspiring artist of this generation. Awesome renditions ... Read More
- Miraculously healing music....
- Chris Botti with some beautiful standards.