''Midnight Without You'' is the second studio album by trumpet player

Chris Botti Christopher Stephen Botti ( ; born October 12, 1962) is an American trumpeter and composer. In 2013, Botti won the Grammy Award in the Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album, Best Pop Instrumental Album category, for the album Impressions ...

. It was released by

Verve Forecast Records Verve Forecast is a record label formed as a division of Verve Records to concentrate on pop, rock, and folk music. Founding Jerry Schoenbaum of Verve and Moe Asch of Folkways Records, Folkways created Verve Folkways in 1964 to take advantage ...

on May 20, 1997. Botti co-wrote the album title track with

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Track listing

Personnel

– trumpet, keyboards (1-3, 5-7, 9), acoustic piano (5, 9), atmosphere electronics (10) * Harvey Jones – keyboards (1, 2, 5, 7), atmosphere electronics (4) * Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards (1-3, 5-10), acoustic piano (2, 6) * John Levanthal – organ (3) *

Shane Fontayne Michael Barakan (born 29 April 1954), known as Shane Fontayne, is an English rock guitarist. Active since the 1970s, he was the guitarist for Bruce Springsteen during the 1992–1993 "Other Band" Tour, as Springsteen had disbanded his own E St ...

– guitars (1-5, 10) *

Gerry Leonard Gerry Leonard (born 26 February 1962) is an Irish guitarist known for his harmonic and ambient guitar style and for his work with David Bowie, Suzanne Vega, Rufus Wainwright, Laurie Anderson, Duncan Sheik and many others. He has a solo projec ...

– guitars (2, 5, 7, 10) * Marc Shulman – guitars (2-9) * Vincent Nguini – guitars (5) * Larry Saltzman – guitars (9) * Jeff Allen – bass (1-4, 6) *

Tony Levin Anthony Frederick Levin (born June 6, 1946) is an American musician and composer specializing in electric bass guitars, Chapman Stick and upright bass. He also sings and plays synthesizer. Levin is best known for his work with King Crimson (19 ...

– bass (5, 8) *

Bakithi Kumalo Bakithi Kumalo (; born 10 May 1956) is a South African bassist, composer, and vocalist. Kumalo is best known for his fretless bass playing on Paul Simon's 1986 album ''Graceland'', in particular the bass run on "You Can Call Me Al". Biography and ...

– bass (7, 9, 10) *

Shawn Pelton Shawn Pelton is an American drummer and percussionist. He has recorded with a wide range of artists and has been a first call player since moving to New York in the late 1980s. Pelton has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, N ...

–

snare drum The snare drum (or side drum) is a percussion instrument that produces a sharp staccato sound when the head is struck with a drum stick, due to the use of a series of stiff wires held under tension against the lower skin. Snare drums are often u ...

(1), drum programming (1), drums (2, 3, 5-9) *

Jerry Marotta Jerome David Marotta (born February 6, 1956) is an American drummer who resides in Woodstock, New York. He is the younger brother of Rick Marotta; Rick is also a drummer and composer. Career Marotta was a member of the bands Arthur, Hurley & ...

– brushed

cymbal A cymbal is a common percussion instrument. Often used in pairs, cymbals consist of thin, normally round plates of various alloys. The majority of cymbals are of indefinite pitch, although small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sou ...

s (1), Native American drums (4, 6, 10) *

Andy Snitzer Andy Snitzer is an American saxophonist, composer, and arranger. He is known for his work as a session musician with numerous famous artists, including Paul Simon, Aretha Franklin, Martika, Sting, The Rolling Stones, and Chaka Khan. Early life ...

– drum programming (2, 4, 5, 7, 10), acoustic piano (4, 7, 8) * Joe Bonadio –

tambourine The tambourine is a musical instrument in the percussion family consisting of a frame, often of wood or plastic, with pairs of small metal jingles, called "zills". Classically the term tambourine denotes an instrument with a drumhead, thoug ...

(9), Native American drums (10), tom tom (10) * Paul Buchanan – vocal (2) *

Jonatha Brooke Jonatha Brooke (born January 23, 1964) is an American folk rock singer-songwriter and guitarist from Massachusetts, United States. Her music merges elements of folk, rock and pop, often with poignant lyrics and complex harmonies. She has been a ...

– vocal (9)

Production

* Chris Botti – producer, additional engineer * Paul Joseph Moore – producer, additional engineer * Kevin Killen – co-producer, engineer, mixing * Andy Snitzer – co-producer *

Guy Eckstine Guy Eckstine is an artist manager and record producer, also known for his tenure as A&R executive at Columbia Records, and Verve Records. Eckstine's work as a music producer has earned 4 Grammy Awards and 7 nominations, including with jazz keyboard ...

– executive producer * Aron Keene – second engineer * Kristen Koerner – second engineer * Keith Shortreed – second engineer *

Bob Ludwig Robert Carl Ludwig (born December 11, 1944), is a retired American mastering engineer. He mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists, including Led Zeppeli ...

– mastering * Mike Charlasch – production coordination * Giulio Turturro – art direction * Sung Lee – design * Frank Ockenfels – photography * Marc Silag – management ;Studios * Recorded at

BearTracks Studios BearTracks Recording Studio was a recording studio complex in Suffern, New York, owned by Jay Beckenstein of Spyro Gyra and built in the early 1980s. Operating from 1982 at 926 Haverstraw Road in Suffern, the studio is no longer in business. ...

(Suffren, NY); Shelter Island Sound and Truck Sound Studios (New York City, NY). * Mixed at Clinton Recording Studio (New York City, NY). * Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).

Charts

References

{{Authority control Chris Botti albums 1997 albums Verve Forecast Records albums 1990s instrumental albums