Louis Armstrong — What A Wonderful World — Chris Botti cover — live at SF Jazz, January 4, 2023 (4K)

Chris Botti covers the Louis Armstrong song "What A Wonderful World" live in concert at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on January 4, 2023. What A Wonderful World was released by Louis Armstrong in 1967. Botti released a cover of the song, featuring Mark Knopfler on vocals, on his twelfth studio album, Impressions (2012). Christopher Stephen Botti is a Grammy Award winning jazz and pop trumpet player from Corvalis, Oregon. Joining him on stage for this run of SFJazz shows were Chad Lefkowitz-Brown a/k/a Chad LB (saxophone), Leonardo Amuedo (guitar), Sandy Cameron (violin), Holger Marjamaa (piano), Reggie Hamilton (bass), Lee Pearson (drums and vocals), Sy Smith (vocals), and John Splithoff (vocals). Celebrating his 42nd birthday that night, drummer Lee Pearson supplied the vocals and a well received Louis Armstrong impression.

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What A Wonderful World lyrics:

I see trees of green, red roses too
I see them bloom for me and you
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue and clouds of white
The bright blessed days, the dark sacred nights
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow
So pretty in the sky
Are also on the faces
Of people going by
I see friends shaking hands, saying, "How do you do?"
They're really saying, "I love you"

I hear babies cry, I watch them grow
They'll learn much more
Than I'll ever know
And I think to myself
What a wonderful world
Yes, I think to myself
What a wonderful world

Written by Bob Thiele / George David Weiss

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Chris Botti official show announcement:

“With his finely etched features and piercing green eyes, trumpeter Chris Botti combines matinee idol looks with the simmering lyricism of an expert balladeer” (The Mercury News). Botti, the world’s biggest-selling jazz instrumentalist, was never the same after hearing Miles Davis’ version of “My Funny Valentine” when he was 12.

A trumpeter with a sumptuous, enveloping tone, fluent phrasing and sense of space, Botti became a masterly musician equally at home in the realms of jazz and pop. He honed his craft performing and recording with stars like Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, and Sting, who featured him on his Brand New Day tour and who was one the stellar artists on Botti’s chart-topping 2009 album Live in Boston. Recorded with the Boston Pops Orchestra, it also featured the versatile trumpeter improvising in the company of Yo-Yo Ma, John Mayer and Steven Tyler. Botti’s 2012 CD Impressions, a ballad collection pairing him artists as various as Vince Gill, Herbie Hancock, Mark Knopfler and Caroline Campbell, won the GRAMMY for Best Pop Instrumental Album. In concert, the melodious trumpeter is as likely to play the second movement of Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez” – played so beautifully by Miles on Sketches of Spain – as he is Al Green’s grooving “Let’s Stay Together” or a leanly romantic “When I Fall in Love.” Botti’s SFJAZZ shows have become a New Year tradition, and always sell out.

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Chris Botti live tour dates (2023):

Jan. 3 - Jan. 8 – San Franciso, CA @ SFJAZZ - Miner Auditorium
Jan. 12 - Jan 15 – Seattle, WA @ Jazz Alley
Jan. 16 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Blue Note At Sea
Jan. 21 – Jacksonville, FL @ Florida Theatre
Jan. 22 – Ocala, FL @ Reilly Arts Center
Jan. 24 – Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Wells Hall At The Parker
Jan. 25 – West Palm Beach, FL @ Kravis Center
Jan. 26 – Fort Myers, FL @ Mann Performing Arts Hall
Jan. 27 – Clearwater, FL @ Ruth Eckerd Hall
Jan. 28 – Lady Lake, FL @ Morse Performing Arts Center
Feb. 9 - 12 – Honolulu, HI @ Blue Note Hawaii
Feb. 16 - 20 – Tokyo, Japan @ ブルーノート東京 (Blue Note Tokyo)
Feb. 22 – Taipei, Taiwan @ 国家両庁院演奏庁 (National Concert Hall)
Feb. 24 – Kaohsiung, Taiwan @ National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts-Weiwuying
Feb. 25 – Taipei, Taiwan @ 国家両庁院演奏庁 (National Concert Hall)
Feb. 26 – Tainan, Taiwan @ Tainan Municipal Tainan Cultural Center
Feb. 27 – Taichung, Taiwan @ 臺中國家歌劇院 (National Taichung Theater)
March 3 – Memphis, TN @ Soundstage At Graceland
March 4 – Chesterfield, MO @ The Factory
March 5 – Glen Ellyn, IL @ McAninch Arts Center
March 28 – Erie, PA @ D'Angelo Peforming Arts Center
March 30 – Sacramento, CA @ Crest Theatre
March 31 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
April 1 – Palm Desert, CA @ McCallum Theatre
April 3 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Arizona Musicfest
April 5 – Modesto, CA @ Gallo Center For The Arts
April 10 – Santa Fe, NM @ Lensic Performing Arts Center
April 12 – San Antonio, TX @ Tobin Center For The Performing Arts
April 13 – El Paso, TX @ The Plaza Theater
April 14 - 16 – Houston, TX @ Jones Hall (w/ The Houston Symphony)
April 18 – Grand Prairie, TX @ Texas Trust CU Theatre
April 22 – Detroit, MI @ Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts
April 23 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theater
April 24 – Des Moines, IA @ Hoyt Sherman Place



















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Alt. spellings / transliterations: Cris Botti, Chris Boti, Chris Botte, Chris Bodie, 克里斯·伯堤, クリス・ボッティ