First Wish

1995 studio album by Chris Botti

First Wish

Studio album by

Chris Botti

Released| February 28, 1995
Studio| Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, New York); AGF Studios (New York City, New York).
Genre| Jazz
Length| 45:50
Label| Verve Forecast
Producer| Chris Botti, Kevin Killen, Andy Snitzer
Chris Botti chronology
|  | First Wish
(1995)  | Midnight Without You
(1997)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]

First Wish is the first album by the trumpet player Chris Botti. It was released by Verve Forecast Records on February 28, 1995.

## Track listing[edit]

All music is composed by Chris Botti, except where noted

No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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1.| "Worlds Outside"|  | 4:35
2.| "On the Night Ride"|  | 4:28
3.| "First Wish"|  | 5:02
4.| "Like I Do Now"| Botti, Edie Brickell, Paul Joseph Moore| 4:53
5.| "Cubism"|  | 5:32
6.| "Through Tin Hearts"|  | 4:28
7.| "Longing"|  | 5:08
8.| "Nerve Central"|  | 4:51
9.| "Fade to Day"|  | 5:19
10.| "A Few More Days, A Few More Weeks"|  | 1:34

## Personnel[edit]

* Chris Botti – trumpet and keyboards (1–10), programming (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), tambourine (9), acoustic piano (10)
* Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards (1–10), acoustic piano (1), Omnichord (8)
* Andy Snitzer – Rhodes (1), programming (1, 5, 6)
* Mitchell Froom – Wurlitzer electric piano (5), organ (8)
* Kevin Killen – Omnichord (8)
* Larry Saltzman – guitars (1, 5, 7)
* Shane Fontayne – guitars (2, 6)
* Paul Livant – guitars (3)
* Marc Shulman – guitars (3, 4, 8, 9)
* Dominic Kanza – guitars (5)
* Pino Palladino – bass (1, 2, 4–9)
* Steve Ferrone – drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
* Jerry Marotta – drums (2, 4, 6, 9)
* Joe Bonadio – percussion (2, 3, 4, 7)
* Cyro Baptista – surdo and shaker (8)
* Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (5)
* Sandra Park – violin (6)
* Rebecca Young – violin (6)
* Morris Goldberg – African flutes (7)
* Edie Brickell – vocals (4)

### Production[edit]

* Chris Botti – producer
* Kevin Killen – producer, engineer, mixing
* Andy Snitzer – co-producer (1, 3, 5)
* Guy Eckstine – executive producer
* Andrew Page – additional recording
* Marc Silag – production coordinator
* David Lau – art direction
* Sheryl Lutz-Brown – art direction
* Étsuko Iseki – design
* Gary St. Clair – design
* Brad Hitz – photography

## Charts[edit]

Album  Year  | Chart  | Position

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1995  | Top Contemporary Jazz Albums  | 18[2]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Anderson, Rick. Chris Botti: First Wish > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
2. ^ "First Wish - Chris Botti > Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.

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Studio albums|

* First Wish
* Midnight Without You
* Slowing Down the World
* Night Sessions
* December
* A Thousand Kisses Deep
* When I Fall in Love
* To Love Again: The Duets
* Italia
* Impressions

Live albums|

* Chris Botti in Boston

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* MusicBrainz release group

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