''Midnight Without You'' is the second studio album by trumpet player Chris Botti. 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 created Verve Folkways in 1964 to take advantage of the popularity ...

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

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Track listing

Personnel

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

Shane Fontayne Michael Barakan (born 29 April 1954, in London, England), 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 di ...

– guitar (1-5, 10) * Gerry Leonard – guitar (2, 5, 7, 10) * Marc Shulman – guitar (2-9) * Vincent Nguini – guitar (5) * Larry Saltzman – guitar (9) * Jeff Allen – bass (1-4, 6) * Tony Levin – bass (5, 8) * Bakithi Kumalo – 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. Shawn has recorded with artists such as Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, ...

– snare drum (1), drum programming (1), drums (2, 3, 5-9) * Jerry Marotta – brushed cymbals (1), Native American drums (4, 6, 10) *

Andy Snitzer Andy Snitzer (born November 28, 1962) 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, Sting, The Rolling Stones, and Cha ...

– drum programming (2, 4, 5, 7, 10), acoustic piano (4, 7, 8) * Joe Bonadio – tambourine (9), Native American drums (10), tom tom (10) * Paul Buchanan – vocal (2) * Jonatha Brooke – 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, known for his tenure as A&R executive at Verve Records in the 1990s. With jazz keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Eckstine co-produced the Hancock album '' The New Standard.'' After Verve, Eckstine ...

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

Bob Ludwig Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has 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 Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...

– 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. It ...

(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 Instrumental albums