When I Fall in Love is the seventh studio album by trumpet player Chris Botti. It was released by Columbia Records on September 28, 2004, and peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Top Jazz Albums chart. The album has sold more than 500,000 copies and has been certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).
Contents
Personnel
Chris Botti – trumpet, vocals (2)
Federico Gonzalez Peña – acoustic piano (1)
Greg Phillinganes – acoustic piano (2, 10)
Billy Childs – acoustic piano (3, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), Fender Rhodes (5), arrangements (5, 9, 12)
Jeff Lorber – keyboards (3), arrangements (3)
Shane Fontayne – guitars (1, 2)
Dean Parks – guitars (3, 6, 8, 9, 11)
Mitch Dalton – semi-acoustic jazz guitar (7)
Dominic Miller – guitars (8)
Jon Ossman – bass (1)
Brian Bromberg – bass (2, 3, 5, 6, 8–11), arrangements (3)
Alec Dankworth – double bass (7)
Billy Kilson – drums (1, 6, 11)
Vinnie Colaiuta – drums (2, 3, 5, 8–10)
Ralph Salmins – drums (7)
Paulinho da Costa – percussion (1, 5, 6, 8, 11)
Bob Sheppard – saxophone (3)
Marc Shulman – arrangements (1)
Gil Goldstein – orchestra arrangements (1)
Bobby Colomby – arrangements (3)
Mike Anthony – vocal arrangements (3)
Jeremy Lubbock – arrangements (4, 7, 10, 13)
Paula Cole – vocals (2, 10)
Jill Zadeh – vocals (3)
Sting – vocals (8)
The London Session Orchestra (Tracks 1, 2 & 4-13)
Isobel Griffiths – orchestra contractor
Mitch Dalton – semi-acoustic jazz guitar, acoustic guitar
Ralph Salmins – drums
Brass and Woodwinds
Nigel Hitchcock – alto saxophone
Jamie Talbot – tenor saxophone, bass clarinet
Anthony Pike and Nick Rodwell – clarinet
Jane Marshall – cor anglais
Helen Keen, Karen Jones, Stan Sulzmann and Phil Todd – alto flute, flute
Andy Panayi – bass flute
David Theodore – oboe
Richard Bissill, David Pyatt and Michael Thompson – French horn
Dave Stewart – bass trombone, euphonium
Pete Beachill, Richard Edwards and Mark Nightingale – trombone, tenor trombone
John Barclay, Guy Barker and Derek Watkins – trumpet, flugelhorn
Strings
Dave Daniels, Caroline Dearnley, Paul Kegg, Anthony Lewis, Anthony Pleeth and Frank Schaefer – cello
Alec Dankworth, Patrick Lannigan, Chris Laurence and Mary Scully – double bass
Production
Bobby Colomby – producer (1, 2, 4–13)
Brian Bromberg – producer (3)
Jeff Lorber – producer (3), engineer (3)
Sean Douglas – associate producer
Al Schmitt – engineer (1–7, 9–12), mixing
Steve Genewick – assistant engineer (1–7, 9–12), Pro Tools operator (1–7, 9–12)
Elliot Scheiner – engineer (8)
Brian Montgomery – assistant engineer (8), Pro Tools operator (8)
Haydn Bendall – orchestra engineer (1, 2, 4–13)
Chris Barrett – assistant orchestra engineer (1, 2, 4–13), Pro Tools operator
Robert Hadley – mastering
Doug Sax – mastering
Mary Maurer – art direction, design
Jill Gifford – design assistant
Fabrizio Ferri – photography
Marc Silag – management
Studios
Recorded at Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA); JHL Sound (Pacific Palisades, CA); Avatar Studios (New York, NY).
Orchestra recorded at AIR Lyndhurst Hall (London, UK).