Yana ɗaukar ƴan sauti ne kawai don gane "waƙar siliki-smooth" na shahararren ƙaho na Chris Botti.
Sama da shekaru 30 da ya yi aiki, ya zagaya, yin rikodi kuma ya yi tare da manyan mawaƙa da mawaƙa irin su Paul Simon, Joni Mitchell, Barbra Streisand, Lady Gaga, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli da Joshua Bell, da Sting (yawon shakatawa) Sabuwar Rana"
A cikin 2012, godiya ga kundi na tara Impressions, Chris ya sami lambar yabo ta Grammy.
Yarantaka da farkon aikin Chris Botti
An haifi shahararren mawaki Christopher Botti a ranar 12 ga Oktoba, 1962 a Portland (Oregon, Amurka).
Yaron ya fara kida tun yana dan shekara 10 kuma ya yi babban wasansa na farko kafin ya kammala karatunsa na sakandare. Chris ya ɗauki darasi daga sanannen malamin jazz David Baker a Jami'ar Indiana.
Bayan kammala karatunsa, Botti ya koma New York, inda ya taka leda tare da saxophonist George Coleman da kuma babban trumpeter Woody Shaw.
Da yake ɗan wasan kwaikwayo na virtuoso, Chris ya fara gina aiki mai nasara a matsayin mawaƙin zama, yana wasa akan tarihin shahararrun mawakan pop kamar Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin da sauransu.
A cikin 1990, Botti ya fara aikinsa na shekaru biyar a cikin ƙungiyar Paul Simon, kuma ya fara samar da ayyukan sauran mawaƙa a layi daya. Ɗaya daga cikin waƙoƙinsa ya fito a kan kundin Brecker Brothers (1994), wanda ya lashe kyautar Grammy.
Solo aikin mawaƙa
Bayan haɗin gwiwa tare da Paul Simon a cikin 1995, Chris ya rubuta nasa kundi na farko Wish, inda ya haɗu da salo da yawa - jazz, pop da rock music.
A wannan lokacin, Botti ya rubuta makin kida na fim ɗin fasalin Caught, wanda aka saki a cikin 1996.
A cikin 1997, mai ƙaho ya saki kundin solo na biyu, Midnight Ba tare da ku ba, kuma a cikin 1999, an fitar da kundi na Slowing Down the World, wanda aka yi wahayi ta hanyar yoga.
A cikin tarihin rayuwar da aka buga akan gidan yanar gizon alamar rikodin Verve, Botti ya ce:
"Wannan rikodin sakamakon haɗin gwiwar nazarin yoga da kiɗan da nake yi ne. Ya fi yin zuzzurfan tunani kuma ya fi na halitta fiye da abin da na yi a baya."
Haɗin kai tare da Sting
Mawaƙin ya ci gaba da buga ƙaho a matsayin ɗan wasan zaman kan rikodi na sauran mawaƙa, ciki har da Natalie Merchant.
Ya zagaya tare da Joni Mitchell da ƙungiyar gwagwarmayar dutsen Upper Extremities. Mawakin ya kuma yi kakaki solo a cikin fim din Playing by Heart.
A shekara ta 2001, Botti ya kasance yana buga ƙaho a matsayin mawaƙin jagora tare da ƙungiyar Sting akan balaguron duniya na Sabuwar Rana.
"Haɗin gwiwa na da Sting ya kawo ƙaho na zuwa sabuwar jiha, hulɗar da muka yi ya sa na kasance da kwarin gwiwa kuma ya ɗaga ni zuwa kololuwar aikina...", in ji Botti.
Daga nan Botti ya fito da kundi na hudu, Night Sessions (a cikin hutu daga yawon shakatawa tare da Sting). Rikodin faifan ya nuna sauyi a ci gabansa a matsayinsa na mai fasaha, kuma ya sami shahara a duniya.
Ga tambayar: "Ta yaya wannan kundin ya bambanta da sauran bayanan?" Mawakin ya amsa da cewa, "Ina tsammanin ya fi balaga." A cikin wannan kundi, mai ƙaho ya kafa kansa a matsayin mawaƙin mawaƙa.
Daga jazz zuwa kiɗan pop godiya ga ikonsa na haɗa nau'i biyu.
Salon wasan Miles Davis da Chris Botti
Bugu da ƙari, Sting, aikin Botti ya sami rinjaye ta hanyar almara na jazz trumpeter Miles Davis.
Kamar yadda ya fada a wata hira:
"Na yi sha'awar gaskiyar cewa Miles ya fahimci cewa ba zai iya zama sanannen b-bopper ba kuma baya ba shi ma'anar duniya, yadda Davis ya sami damar mai da hankali kan abin da ya keɓanta da shi ya burge ni - ƙirƙirar sautin almara. sautunan aikin sa na ban mamaki. Burina shi ne in yi haka. Na kuma fahimci cewa ni ba b-bopper ba ne kuma ba na ƙoƙarin yin wasa da sauri, kodayake tare da ƙwarewa da ƙwarewa da yawa zan iya. Amma aikina ya bambanta - Ina haɓaka sautin sa hannu na.
Don daidaita daidaito tsakanin yawon shakatawa tare da Sting, sauran mawaƙa da nasa aikin solo, Botti koyaushe yana mai da hankali kan wasan kwaikwayon "rubutun" kuma bai yarda da kansa ya shagala ta hanyar gwaji tare da wasu salon wasa ba.
"Mafi girman makamina," a cikin wata hira da Jazz Review, "shine a koyaushe fahimtar abin da nake yi."
Babban abin da ya fi mayar da hankali a kai shi ne ƙirƙirar sautin ƙaho na sa hannu wanda zai zama alamarsa kuma nasa ne kawai, wanda zai sa ya zama na musamman kuma a nan take za a iya gane shi.
“Kakakin,” in ji shi, “kayan hanci ne sosai, kuma burina na yin wasa shi ne na tausasa shi domin in iya rera shi ga mutane. Da zarar Miles ya yi mini, kuma ina so in yi wa mai sauraro, Ina son ƙaho ya raira waƙa.
Nasiha ga Mabiya
Ga tambaya akai-akai daga 'yan jarida: "Me za ku ba da shawarar ga matasa mawaƙa?" Shahararren mai busa ƙaho ya shawarci novice masu yin wasan kwaikwayo da su kasance na asali kuma ba tare da son kai su yi aikinsu ba.
Yana da mahimmanci a kiyaye keɓancewar ku ko da menene wasu suka faɗa.
Chris Botti a yau
A yau, Chris Botti shahararren ɗan wasan jazz ne a duniya a cikin salo mai laushi. Christopher ya shahara ba kawai a matsayin mai busa ƙaho ba, har ma a matsayin mawaki.
Ya fitar da albam 13.
Yana wasa a duniya kuma yana sayar da CD sama da miliyan 4 na rikodinsa, ya sami nau'i na magana mai ƙirƙira. Yana farawa a cikin jazz kuma yana yaduwa fiye da kowane nau'i.
