Chris Botti

Chris Botti (born October 12, 1962) is a smooth jazz trumpeter. His famous muted trumpet is the same model that was once used by Miles Davis. He plays a Martin Committee trumpet made 1940 Handicraft and a

Chris Botti (born October 12, 1962) is a smooth jazz trumpeter. His famous muted trumpet is the same model that was once used by Miles Davis. He plays a Martin Committee trumpet made 1940 Handicraft and a mouthpiece from Bach made in 1921 Mt Vincent Bach Corp 3C. He has performed with artists such as Sting, Josh Groban, Dave Koz, Jeff Lorber, Brain Culberston.

In his early years he started out with an ambient pop band called "The Blue Nile."