| Chris Botti, trumpeter extraordinaire has | | | | in your collection.Chris Botti's rendition of |
| done it again.Following the hugely successful | | | | the Billie Holiday classic Good Morning |
| CD When I Fall In Love with his latest | | | | Heartache, with Jill Scott singing may be |
| release, To Love Again.The smooth jazz world | | | | even better than the original rendition of |
| super talent Botti has earned frequent | | | | the same song.While this entire CD is |
| comparisons to Miles Davis and Chet Baker and | | | | outstanding the truly standout tunes and |
| has seemingly found a successful formula for | | | | favorites are Embraceable You [track 1], What |
| turning out superb CD's.In the past in | | | | Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? - |
| addition to touring with Sting, Botti has | | | | Featuring Sting [track 2], and Are You |
| played sideman to Paul Simon, Natalie | | | | Lonesome Tonight? - Featuring Paul Buchanan |
| Merchant, Joni Mitchell, and dozens | | | | [track 8]. My SmoothLee Bonus Pick, and the |
| more.Contributors on the To Love Again | | | | one that got Sore [...as in "Stuck On |
| includes an amazing line up of music industry | | | | REpeat"] is track 10, I'll Be Seeing You - |
| heavy hitters. Names like Sting, Michael | | | | Featuring Billy Childs. Very nice!Release |
| Buble, Paula Cole, Gladys Knight, Jill Scott, | | | | Notes:Chris Botti originally released To Love |
| Renee Olstead, Rosa Passos and Steven Tyler, | | | | Again on October 18, 2005 on the Sony record |
| with the London Session Orchestra conducted | | | | label.CD track list follows:1. Embraceable |
| by Jeremy Lubbock, Billy Childs and Gil | | | | You |
| Goldstein. Plus a few others as well.Overall | | | | |
| To Love Again is an collection of jazz | | | | 2. What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life? |
| standards, mostly old school traditional | | | | - Featuring Sting |
| music. My thoughts are if you like | | | | |
| traditional music standards, this should be | | | | 3. |