史汀Sting、保罗赛门Paul Simon、巴布狄伦Bob Dylan偏爱指定乐手、继Chet Baker后最令人期待的白人小喇叭手，这位兼具迷人外表以及优异才华的Chris发行了个人第一张专辑"Night Session 午夜时刻后引起了乐坛的一阵讨论。配合耶诞佳节发行了他的第二张专辑，将耶诞歌曲重新诠释充满了爵士氛围，Chris的喇叭声时而温暖时而慵懒，专辑中Chris甚至献唱了二首曲子，喜爱Chris Botti的乐迷千万不要错过了这张精緻的耶诞专辑。 by William Ruhlmann The story about there being more suicides around the holidays turns out to be a myth, but like all urban legends, it caught on among the populace (or at least among lazy journalists) because it sounds like it should be true; as trumpeter Chris Botti writes in a sleeve note to his seasonal collection, December, "At no other time of the year is there a wider array of emotions than the month of December." This is a clue that Botti, in acceding to his record company's request that he undertake a Christmas album, was not interested in simply celebrating the season in his interpretations of holiday standards. There have been other such contemplative Christmas records: George Winston's album, also called December, is calm rather than celebratory, and Barbra Streisand's Christmas Memories, released in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks in 2001, is another collection that takes in the season's complexities. Add Botti's album to that list. The approach, of course, fits in with the trumpeter's overall musical style. Often heard through a mute, his playing usually has an intimate, low-key character, and that is true here, too. Critics have compared him to Miles Davis, and to that one easily may add Chet Baker, especially because like Baker, Botti has chosen to sing here, applying an adequate tenor to Richard Marx's "Perfect Day" and "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" (the latter one of the more troubled of lyrics to become a Christmas standard). It isn't all doom and gloom, of course; there's a playful reading of "Winter Wonderland," for instance. But this is still an album to be put on in the shank of the evening when the Christmas festivities have subsided, not at the height of the celebrations.