Personnel includes: Chris Botti (trumpet, piano, keyboards, programming);
Edie Brickell (vocals); Mike Davis (trombone); Andy Snitzer (Wurlitzer piano, Fender Rhodes piano, bass, programming); Jeff Lorber (electric piano, clavinet); Joseph Moore (keyboards, programming); John Levanthal (organ); Harvey Jones (keyboards); Paul Levant, Tim Pierce, Marc Shulman Larry Saltzman (guitar); Pino Palladino John Ossmon (bass); Shawn Pelton (drums, high hat); John Robinson, Jerry Marotta, Steve Ferone, Shane Fontayne (drums); Joe Bonadio, Alex Acuna (percussion).
Producers: Chris Botti, Joseph Moore, Kevin Killen, Harvey Jones, Andy Snitzer.
Compilation producer: Bud Harner.
Recorded between 1995 & 1999.
THE VERY BEST OF CHRIS BOTTI collects from three of the jazz-pop trumpeter's albums: 1995's FIRST WISH, 1997's MIDNIGHT WITHOUT YOU, and 1999's SLOWING DOWN THE WORLD. Botti's music is strong on warm, evocative atmospheres, light grooves, and sweet melodies, and the artist's confident, lyrical tone is always a pleasure. Botti's music also easily crosses over into straight pop territory as "Midnight Without You" and vocal contributions from Jeff Lorber and Edie Brickell, among others, prove. THE VERY BEST is a convenient, stylish sampler of Botti's smooth, likeable jazz-pop