Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 0828767774091
Format: Closed-captioned
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2006-08-01
Running Time: 146
Studio: Sony
Theatrical Release Date: 2006-03
MPN: SMVD677740D

"A passionate evening of instrumental storytelling…it was apparent from the first notes Chris Botti played at the Wilshire Theatre on Friday, that the sold-out house was in for a special evening." -Don Heckman, Los Angeles Times

December 2005. Los Angeles, California. Trumpeter Chris Botti, on the heels of his break-through gold certified album"When I Fall In Love," and the record-breaking follow-up, "To Love Again," plays two triumphant shows at the Wilshire Theatre backed by a full orchestra and his virtuosic band. Playing repertoire mostly culled from these two hit albums, Chris is joined onstage by some of the world’s most accomplished singers and musicians (in order of appearance): Sting, Jill Scott, Paula Cole, Burt Bacharach, Renee Olstead, Paul Buchanan, and Gladys Knight. The show is filmed for the PBS special, "Chris Botti Live with orchestra & special guests…and this DVD.

DVD PROGRAM
1) Someone To Watch Over Me
2) When I Fall In Love
3) A Thousand Kisses Deep
4) What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?- featuring Sting
5) Good Morning Heartache- featuring Jill Scott
6) My One and Only Love- featuring Paula Cole
7) The Look Of Love- featuring Paula Cole and Burt Bacharach
8) Cinema Paradiso
9) Pennies From Heaven- featuring Renee Olstead
10) Are You Lonesome Tonight?- featuring Paul Buchanan
11) Lover Man- featuring Gladys Knight
12) My Funny Valentine- featuring Sting
13) Why Not
14) One For My Baby— BONUS not on original PBS broadcast

Customer Rating:
Summary: Chris Botti has earned a new fan today.
Comment: Chris Botti has earned a new fan today. His style of music and the smooth vocals of his guests have filled a musical void I've been searching for for a while now. Chris Botti: Live With Orchestra and Special Guests is a marvelous show put on by a marvelous performer with marvelous guest appearances, and now the entire experience is a marvelous Blu-ray disc. Not only were the visuals of the show superb and exceptionally reproduced, but the music itself is at times mesmerizing, at other times relaxing, and at all times wholly delightful.I'll admit to never having heard of him before, but after screening this disc, his will not be a name I soon forget.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing.
Comment: If you're a mainstream Jazz fan wanting to experience the HD audio and video, you'd love this. Great show, amazing music and brilliant collaborations from guest artists. It's a big show, on a big venue by a bunch of big artists...

Perhaps "Chris Botti & Friends - Night Sessions (Live in Concert)" is a quite more intimate/relaxed performance given the atmosphere of the site and the reduced size of the venue, which brings the opportunity to choose between two different kind of shows, but none of them seems better than the other one.

They're just different.

Worth having.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Chris Botti: Live (With Orchestra and Special Guests) - Blu-ray Info
Comment: Version: U.S.A / Region A, B, C
MPEG4-AVC BD-50 / 1080i59.94
Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
Running time: 1:29:01
Movie size: 31,01 GB
Disc size: 41,14 GB
Average video bit rate: 28.91 Mbps
LPCM 5.1 13.8 Mbps 96Khz/24-bit
DD AC3 5.1 640Kbps
DD AC3 2.0 640Kbps

Subtitles: None

#Chris Botti Live: Behind the Scenes - Documentary (1080i / 30 min)
#Interview with Chris Botti - Featurette (1080i / 19 min)
#Meet the Musicians - Featurette (1080i / 10 min)

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Trumpet Magician
Comment: A fantastic DVD featuring the Trumpet Master Chris Botti and an assortment of musical guests with varied styles. He brings out the best in each selection and it is amazing! I never tought that a trumpet's sound could be as evocative as it is when played by a true genius.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Botti tape
Comment: We were disappointed..Not because of the content (we had heard it in a bistro and had to have it) but we thought we were getting a CD. We tried every means of getting it to play to no avail. There was no indication on the packaging that it wasn't a CD. Can you enlighten me? Time for returning had expired..

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