DOES THAT SOUND LIKE THAT MAKES PERFECT SENSE, AND HE WAS ALSO AN AMATEUR BOXER JASON. HE HAS
PLAYED AT CARNEGIE HALL, THE
HOLLYWOOD BOWL AND THE SYDNEY
OPERA HOUSE TO NAME JUST A FEW
PLACES OF NOTE IS PLAYED WITH
BARBRA STREISAND, LADY GAGA,
FRANK SINATRA AND STING TO NAME
A FEW PEOPLE. HE’S A GRAMMY
AWARD WINNER AND HAS SOLD FOUR
MILLION ALBUMS WORLDWIDE. AND
NOW CHRIS BOTTI IS COMING TO
DETROIT. TAKE A LISTEN. OKAY.
MHM.
HMM. HMM MHM. YES WING IT, MAN.
CHRIS BOTTI JOINS US NOW AHEAD
OF HIS CANCER THAT DETROIT MUSIC
HALL PRESENTED BY HOLLYWOOD
CASINO AT GREEKTOWN. GOOD
MORNING, CHRIS. GOOD MORNING.
HOW ARE YOU? I COULD HAVE JUST,
YOU KNOW, BLISSED OUT TO THAT
THAT SOUND BITE. WE WERE
LISTENING TO IF YOU IN CONCERT
FOR THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES HAVE
NEVER GOTTEN THE INTERVIEW YOU.
YOU HAVE COLLABORATED WITH
LEGENDS. BUT YOU’RE, OF COURSE,
A LEGEND IN YOUR OWN, RIGHT?
WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT BOTH THE
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS AND ALSO
SOLO WORK? WELL I THINK THE
COLLABORATIVE PROCESS FOR ME WAS
WAS LEARNING AND COMING UP.
BEING ABLE TO SEE GREAT
BANDLEADERS WORK OF GROUP PAUL
SIMON STAYING, ETCETERA. I THINK
THAT’S A VERY VALUABLE THING TO
HAVE, UH, AND YOUR HISTORY, YOU
KNOW, AND TO HAD THAT BATON
PASSED ON FROM THOSE GUYS, UM,
THEN BECOMING LIKE REALLY GOOD
FRIENDS OF MINE AND STUFF LIKE
THAT, SO IT’S A IT’S BEEN A WIN
WIN JOURNEY FOR ME BEING ABLE TO
YOU KNOW, STEP INTO THE
SPOTLIGHT, BUT HAVE IT BE FROM
LEARNING FROM THE GREATS?
IMPRESSIONS ONE YOU YOUR FIRST
GRAMMY AFTER BEING NOMINATED
FOUR TIMES BEFORE. WHAT WAS THAT
FEELING LIKE? AH WELL, YOU KNOW
, NO, NO TO NO FAULT OF THE
GRAMMYS. I AM LUCKY INDIVIDUAL
THAT GET TO CELEBRATE MY GRANNY
EVERY NIGHT. IN MY OWN WAY, AND
THAT’S WALKING IN FRONT OF AN
AUDIENCE. I MEAN, I THINK IF
YOU’RE AN ACTOR AND YOU GET AN
ACADEMY AWARD, THAT’S YOUR
ABILITY TO BE IN FRONT OF IT,
UH, A STAGE IN FRONT OF PEOPLE
AND SPEAKER. WHATEVER YOU WANT
TO TALK ABOUT. BUT FOR MUSICIANS
. THE REAL GRANNY IS. DO YOU
HAVE AN AUDIENCE? YOU KNOW, WHEN
YOU WALK ON THAT STAGE, THAT’S
LITERALLY A GRAMMY EVERY NIGHT
WHERE THERE’S DETROIT, OR, YOU
KNOW, COLUMBUS OR WHATEVER. IT
DOESN’T MATTER. YOU KNOW, LIKE I
FEEL SO YOU KNOW, LIKE I GET A
GRAMMY EVERY NIGHT TO WALK OUT
ON STAGE. THAT’S MY GRAMMY. YOU
KNOW, MILES DAVIS HAD A 1994
RELEASE CALLED DOO BOP SOUND
REALLY DIG THAT ENTIRE ALBUM DO
YOU EVER COVER OTHER ARTISTS
WORK IN THIS CASE, MILES DAVIS?
YEAH I MEAN, WE RECOVERED. I
MEAN, I’VE COVERED TONS OF
DIFFERENT PEOPLE STUFF. OVER THE
YEARS I’VE COVERED MILES DAVIS’S
CONCIERTO, AND WE’RE GONNA DO
BLUE AND GREEN IN THE NEXT
RECORD AND STUFF LIKE THAT, SO
I’VE DONE TRANS OF STUFF THAT
THAT’S RECOGNIZABLE TO PEOPLE
FOR VARIOUS REASONS. ALRIGHT
YOU’RE KNOWN FOR BEING ABLE TO
BLEND POP AND JAZZ TOGETHER IN A
FUSION KIND OF WAY KIND OF A
HERB ALBERT 19 EIGHTIES OR LATE
SEVENTIES EARLY EIGHTIES KIND OF
WAY. WHAT CAN PEOPLE EXPECT WHEN
THEY COME TO YOUR CONCERTS? WAS
THE THING THAT I’M SORT OF MOST
PROUD OF, AND ODD KIND OF WAY
LIKE MY SHOWS ARE COMPLETELY
DIFFERENT THAN PEOPLE EXPECT
UNLESS THEY’VE SEEN MY SHOW
BEFORE, BUT IT’S UNLIKE MY
RECORDS THAT ARE KIND OF MY
RECORDS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE KIND
OF ROMANTIC AND KEEP PEOPLE IN
KIND OF LIKE A ATMOSPHERE, BUT
IN THE LIVE SHOW NEEDS TO LIGHT
UP AND HAVE THE VIRTUOSITY ON
DISPLAY AS WELL AS ALL THE
BEAUTIFUL STUFF AS WELL. YEAH
YOU EVER KEEP UP WITH THE
CURRENT GENERATION WITH THE KIDS
ARE DOING AS THEY SAY ON
YOUTUBE. RIGHT NOW, THERE’S A
THERE’S A YOUNG MAN ON YOUTUBE,
WHO’S TRUMPETER, AND HE ADDS HIS
TRUMPET SOLOS TO ALREADY POPULAR
POP SONGS. HE JUST FINDS GAPS.
AND THEN DOES A LITTLE YOU KNOW
SOLO AND IT’S MESMERIZING. I
LOVE WATCHING HIS STUFF. WHAT’S
HIS NAME? I WISH I COULD
REMEMBER IT. OF COURSE. I CAN’T
THINK OF IT OFF THE TOP OF MY
HEAD. BUT HE’S IN MY IN MY
INSTAGRAM FEED ALL THE TIME. SO
I’LL LOOK FOR IT. I DON’T KNOW.
I’M NOT SOCIALLY, UM, SOCIAL
MEDIA LITERATE TOO WELL, BUT
I’LL CHECK IT OUT. ALRIGHT CHRIS
BOTTI, WE ARE OUT OF TIME. IT’S