Impressions (Chris Botti album)

Impressions
Studio album by Chris Botti
Released	April 17, 2012
Genre	Jazz
Length	62:59
Label	Columbia
Producer	Bobby Colomby Walter Afanasieff Mark Knopfler
Chris Botti chronology
Live in Boston (2009) Impressions (2012)

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Impressions is the tenth studio album by American jazz trumpeter Chris Botti, which was released on April 17, 2012 through Columbia Records. The album debuted and peaked No. 1 on the Billboard Jazz Album chart. On February 10, 2013, the album received the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Prelude No. 20 in C Minor"	Frédéric Chopin	4:55
2.	"Per Te (For You)" (featuring Andrea Bocelli)	Chris Botti, David Foster, Tiziano Ferro	4:25
3.	"En Aranjuez Con Tu Amor"	Joaquín Rodrigo	5:27
4.	"You Are Not Alone"	R. Kelly	3:23
5.	"Losing You" (featuring Vince Gill)	Randy Newman	6:11
6.	"Tango Suite" (featuring Herbie Hancock)	Botti, Hancock	6:38
7.	"Setembro"	Ivan Lins	3:04
8.	"Oblivion" (featuring Caroline Campbell)	Ástor Piazzolla	4:23
9.	"Sevdah"	Gabriel Yared, Tanja Tzarovska	5:47
10.	"Summertime" (featuring David Foster)	George Gershwin, DuBose Heyward	3:42
11.	"Contigo En La Distancia"	César Portillo de la Luz	4:07
12.	"Over the Rainbow"	Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg	3:21
13.	"What a Wonderful World" (featuring Mark Knopfler)	George David Weiss, Bob Thiele	7:34

Personnel

• Chris Botti – trumpet, arrangements (10)
• Billy Childs – acoustic piano (1, 7)
• Jim Cox – acoustic piano (2, 13), arrangements (13)
• David Foster – arrangements (2, 10, 11), acoustic piano (10), keyboards (11)
• John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano (5)
• Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (6)
• Walter Afanasieff – keyboards (7, 9), arrangements (9), choir vocals (9)
• Geoffrey Keezer – acoustic piano (8)
• Guy Fletcher – Fender Rhodes (13)
• Leonardo Amuedo – guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 12)
• Ramón Stagnaro – guitar (11)
• Mark Knopfler – electric guitar (13), vocals (13)
• Richard Bennett – acoustic guitar (13)
• Robert Hurst – bass (1, 6, 7, 11)
• David Hungate – bass (5)
• Michael Valerio – bass (8)
• Glenn Worf – bass (13)
• Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (1, 5-7, 11)
• Ian Thomas – drums (13)
• Alex Acuña – percussion (3, 9, 11)
• Pedro Eustache – duduk (9)
• Caroline Campbell – orchestra contractor (1, 2, 5, 6, 8, 11, 12), violin (8)
• Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor (3, 7, 9, 13)
• Vince Mendoza – arrangements and conductor (1, 6)
• William Ross – arrangements and conductor (2, 5, 8, 11, 12), arrangements (9)
• Gil Goldstein – arrangements (3, 13)
• Jaques Morelenbaum – orchestra conductor (3, 13), arrangements and conductor (7)
• Ben Foster – orchestra conductor (9)
• Andrea Bocelli – vocals (2)
• Vince Gill – vocals (5)
• Lisa Fischer – choir vocals (9)
• Tanja Tzarovska – vocals (9)
• Bill Linnane - piano (13)

Production

• Bobby Colomby – producer (1-8, 10-12), management
• Walter Afanasieff – producer (9)
• Mark Knopfler – producer (13)
• Allen Sides – mixing, engineer (1-12), recording (1, 4, 6, 10), instrumental recording (2, 3, 5, 7-9, 11, 12), orchestra recording (2, 5, 8, 11, 12)
• Jorge Vivo – vocal recording (2)
• Haydn Bendall – orchestra recording (3, 7, 9, 13), vocal recording (9)
• Drew Bollman – instrumental recording (5), vocal recording (5)
• Matt Rausch – instrumental recording (5), vocal recording (5)
• Tyler Gordon – keyboard recording (7, 9), choir vocal recording (9)
• Chuck Ainlay – engineer (13), recording (13)
• Joe Kearnes – second engineer (13)
• Scott Moore – Pro Tools operator (1-9, 11, 12)
• Tim Lauber – Pro Tools operator (2, 5, 8, 10-12)
• Jochem van der Saag – Pro Tools operator (2), instrumental recording (11)
• Fiona Cruikshank – Pro Tools operator (3, 7, 9, 13)
• Eric Boulanger – mastering
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Matt Evers – production coordinator
• Fabrizio Ferri – photography
• Archie Castillo – management

Studios

• Recorded at Ocean Way Recording and Newman Scoring Stage (Hollywood, CA); Chartmaker Studios (Malibu, CA); Record One (Los Angeles, CA); The House (New Canaan, CT); British Grove and AIR Lyndhurst Hall (London, UK).
• Mixed at Ocean Way Recording.
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Ojai, CA).

Charts

Chart (2012)	Peak position
Polish Albums Chart	8
US Billboard 200	32
US Billboard Jazz Albums	1