Chris Botti, When I Fall In Love (live), SF Jazz, San Francisco, January 4, 2023 (4K)

Chris Botti plays an instrumental cover of the song "When I Fall In Love" live in concert at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on January 4, 2023. When I Fall In Love was released by Jeri Southern in 1952. It has been covered by many, including Nat King Cole, Johnny Mathis, Doris Day, Linda Ronstadt, Celine Dion, Barry Manilow, Michael Bublé, Marvin Gaye, Dianne Reeves, Julio Iglesias, Perry Como, Tony Bennett, Isaac Hayes, Sam Cooke, and Miles Davis. Botti released a cover of the song on his seventh studio album, When I Fall In Love (2004). Chris Botti is a Grammy Award winning jazz and pop trumpet player from Corvalis, Oregon. Joining him onstage for this song were Holger Marjamaa (piano), Leonardo Amuedo (guitar), Reggie Hamilton (bass), and Lee Pearson (drums).

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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

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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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Holger Marjamaa official bio:

Holger Marjamaa, 26, was born in Tallinn, Estonia and raised in a musical family. From an early age, Marjamaa demonstrated precocious musical interest and talent, able to imitate, sing and play well-known classical pieces and jazz standards. Marjamaa began formally studying classical piano at the age of 5 in Tallinn Music High School under Aleksandra Juozapenaite - Eesmaa and jazz piano at the age of 7 in Saue Music School. He continued his studies at Estonian Music Academy and Theatre and Sibelius Academy. As a professional, Marjamaa has performed with Dennis Chambers, Lizz Wright, Lonnie Liston Smith, John Riley, Steve Wilson, Mike Phillips, Jukkis Uotila, Lee Ritenour, Mark Gross, and the Estonian National Symphony Orchestra. He holds many awards in both jazz and classical piano performance, including first prize in Estonia’s Rainbow Jazz Competition and Grand Prix at the XXIV International Jazz Piano Competition. Marjamaa was also a semi-finalist in the 2018 Thelonious Monk Jazz Piano Competition.























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Alternate spellings / transliterations: Cris Botti, Chris Boti, 克里斯·伯堤, クリス・ボッティ