Chris Botti, America’s jazz trumpeter legend boasting international acclaim takes the Puyallup Fair stage on Sept. 17, along with eight-time Grammy Award winner, Natalie Cole.
Botti’s 2004 mega-hit album CD When I Fall In Love has made him the largest selling American instrumental artist. Cole’s canon includes such Billboard No. 1 hits as “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love),” “Inseparable,” and “Our Love.”
The Botti-Cole concert will be held at 7:30 p.m. at the Puyallup Fair & Events Center. The concert, part of the Columbia Bank’s Puyallup Fair Concert Series will start selling tickets on Saturday, March 13 at noon at Ticketmaster. Ticket prices are $60 for Golden Circle, $35, $30, $25, and include fair gate admission, and seats are reserved. A separate ticketed pre-show hospitality sells for $20, and can be purchased with the concert ticket.
The pre-show hospitality reception is offered to ticket holders 21 years and older. Wine and light hors d’oeuvres will be served in the private VIP Tent near the Gold Gate from 6:30-7:30 p.m., and a limited number of tickets are available.
A Portland native, Chris Botti received international success with his 2004 CD When I Fall In Love. His success has moved far beyond the traditional jazz aficionado, capturing pop music lovers as well.
Botti has had an ongoing association with PBS, developing a strong fan base. This support has led, in part, to four #1 Billboard jazz albums plus multiple Gold, Platinum and Grammy Awards.
In the past three decades, Botti has recorded and performed with top-of-the-line artists, including Frank Sinatra, Sting, Josh Groban, Michael Buble, Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, John Mayer, Andrea Bocelli, Joshua Bell, and Steven Tyler of Aerosmith fame.
Botti and his band hit the road for 250-plus days a year, performing with some of the finest symphonies in the business. He also performs at prestigious venues, ranging from the World Series to the Nobel Peace Prize Ceremony.
Meanwhile, Cole captured the Best New Artist Grammy in 1975, confirming her popularity as an R&B, pop and jazz singer in her own right.
Her album, Unforgettable … With Love came out in 1991, receiving six Grammys, including Album and Record of the Year. It spent five weeks at #1, and sold more than eight million copies in the U.S. alone. In this album, she lovingly partnered with her late father, the legendary Nat “King” Cole for a posthumous duet.
She savored her time after the album, writing a riveting autobiography, and waited until she was ready to return to songs that fulfilled her heart and soul.
Still Unforgettable was released in September 2009, and won two Grammys, and earned Cole a NAACP Award for Best Jazz Artist. In this 21st album, she reunited again with her father’s soulful sound, singing as a duet “Walkin’ My Baby Back Home.” The theme of this album tapped upon the American Songbook, including songs from her father, Frank Sinatra, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Peggy Lee. The lyrics of these songs are about life, including “The Best is Yet To Come,” “Come Rain or Come Shine,” and “Nice ‘N’ Easy.”
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For more information about the artists, visit www.chrisbotti.com and www.nataliecole.com.
For further information about the Sept. 10-26 Puyallup Fair, visit www.thefair.com.
