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Chris Botti plays an instrumental cover of the traditional Irish song “Danny Boy“ live in concert at SFJazz in San Francisco, California on January 4, 2023. Danny Boy was set to the traditional Irish melody of “Londonderry Air“ in 1913. Botti recorded a cover of the song in 2011 featuring Jackie Evancho on vocals. 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), Sy Smith (vocals), and John Splithoff (vocals). ===================== Chris Botti live tour dates (2023): Jan. 3 - 8 – San Franciso, CA @ SFJAZZ - Miner Auditorium Jan. 12 - 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) =============== 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. =============== 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. ======== Alternate spellings / transliterations: Cris Botti, Chris Boti, 克里斯·伯堤, クリス・ボッティ
