Comments on: Chris Botti Delivers a Love Note to Jazz and Portland http://www.onpdx.com/music/chris-botti-delivers-a-love-note-to-jazz-and-portland/ Entertainment, Arts, Culture and Food Mon, 26 Dec 2011 06:21:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Sting Symphonicity Orchestra Concert Review | On Portland http://www.onpdx.com/music/chris-botti-delivers-a-love-note-to-jazz-and-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-2518 Sting Symphonicity Orchestra Concert Review | On Portland Sat, 05 Jun 2010 18:38:34 +0000 http://www.onpdx.com/?p=653#comment-2518 [...] of Stewart Copeland in The Police, Branford Marsalis in Bring on The Night, and more recently Chris Botti. Playing with talented people always seems to elevate Sting's [...] [...] of Stewart Copeland in The Police, Branford Marsalis in Bring on The Night, and more recently Chris Botti. Playing with talented people always seems to elevate Sting's [...]

]]> By: Geoff Kleinman http://www.onpdx.com/music/chris-botti-delivers-a-love-note-to-jazz-and-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-328 Geoff Kleinman Tue, 13 Jan 2009 02:59:53 +0000 http://www.onpdx.com/?p=653#comment-328 Yes but Chris Botti did Jeff Buckley's arrangement of it. Yes but Chris Botti did Jeff Buckley's arrangement of it.

]]> By: Emily Weston http://www.onpdx.com/music/chris-botti-delivers-a-love-note-to-jazz-and-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-327 Emily Weston Tue, 13 Jan 2009 01:04:23 +0000 http://www.onpdx.com/?p=653#comment-327 Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah, not Jeff Buckley. Leonard Cohen wrote Hallelujah, not Jeff Buckley.

]]> By: Mike Mathews http://www.onpdx.com/music/chris-botti-delivers-a-love-note-to-jazz-and-portland/comment-page-1/#comment-280 Mike Mathews Sun, 21 Dec 2008 20:59:25 +0000 http://www.onpdx.com/?p=653#comment-280 After reading this review, I am sorry I missed the performance. The TV commercial production convinced me that this concert would be a complete waste of time, a home-town musician returning for a short-set date. Chalk it up to bad PR and sloppy copywriting, but I blew it byu not checking it out more closely. Thanks for your great review, it really captured the evening. This is not the first time the Symphony has handled a jazz performance with grace. I attended a performance back in the DePriest days that featured a famous drummer (Shelley Manne? from RIT? I cannot remember the name right now) playing a couple of pieces and then backed up by the Symphony during a long classical piece for drumset. The Symphony's dynamic range and capabilities put the drumset in a whole different light. I left with a new appreciation for what the Symphony can do when they stray from the tried and true formula. After reading this review, I am sorry I missed the performance. The TV commercial production convinced me that this concert would be a complete waste of time, a home-town musician returning for a short-set date. Chalk it up to bad PR and sloppy copywriting, but I blew it byu not checking it out more closely.

Thanks for your great review, it really captured the evening. This is not the first time the Symphony has handled a jazz performance with grace. I attended a performance back in the DePriest days that featured a famous drummer (Shelley Manne? from RIT? I cannot remember the name right now) playing a couple of pieces and then backed up by the Symphony during a long classical piece for drumset. The Symphony's dynamic range and capabilities put the drumset in a whole different light. I left with a new appreciation for what the Symphony can do when they stray from the tried and true formula.

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