A Thousand Kisses Deep is the sixth studio album by trumpet player Chris Botti. It was released by Columbia Records on September 13, 2003. Guest vocalists include Chantal Kreviazuk on "The Look of Love" and Bridget Benenate on "Ever Since We Met". The album title comes from the name of the fourth track, "A Thousand Kisses Deep", a cover of the 2001 Leonard Cohen track.Leonard Cohen, in turn, may have drawn inspiration from lyrics used by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Act I, Scene 2 of his opera Die Entführung aus dem Serail ("The Abduction from the Seraglio", K.384), sung by Pasha Selim's overseer, Osmin, to the lovesick Spanish nobleman, Belmonte:
OSMIN: Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden, Die es treu und redlich meint, Lohn' es ihr durch tausend Küsse; Mach' ihr all das Leben süße, Sei ihr Tröster, sei ihr Freund. Trallalera, trallalera.
If you should ever find a sweetheart Who will live for you and you alone, Give her at least a thousand kisses, And make her life a dream come true, As her comfort and very best friend! Trallalera, trallalera! —text by Christoph Friedrich Bretzner, adapted by Johann Gottlieb Stephanie [English translation: Judyth Schaubhut Smith]
Track listing
Personnel Chris Botti – trumpet Keefus Ciancia – keyboards (1, 3–6, 8–10), Moog Voyager bass (1, 2, 8), acoustic piano (10), synth bass (10) Mark Goldenberg – keyboards (1), drum programming (1) Steve Lindsey – acoustic piano (1, 3, 5, 11), keyboards (1, 3, 5, 6, 9, 10), Wurlitzer electric piano (2), shaker (9) Printz Board – synthesizers (2), drum programming (2, 3, 5, 10) Jim Cox – keyboards (3, 8), Fender Rhodes (8) Matthew Gerrard – keyboards (5, 6), bass (5), drum programming (5, 6), synthesizers (6), electric guitars (6) Billy Childs – acoustic piano (7) Dean Parks – guitars (2, 4, 5, 10), acoustic guitars (3, 6, 9) Smokey Hormel – electric guitars (3, 9) Doyle Bramhall – guitars (8) Mike Elizondo – bass (3, 9) Chuck Berghofer – bass (4), additional acoustic guitar (5) Joey Waronker – additional drums (2), drums (4, 9) Abe Laboriel, Jr. – hi-hat (2, 10), additional drums (6) Lenny Castro – percussion (5, 6), bongos (8) Bob Sheppard – tenor saxophone (2) Mort Lindsey – string arrangements and conductor (3) Chantal Kreviazuk – vocals (3) Bridget Benenate – vocals (5)
Production Steve Lindsey – producer Joe Chiccarelli – engineer David Ashton – assistant engineer, additional recording Matthew Gerrard – additional recording Gabe Veltri – additional recording Dave Way – mixing Lior Goldenberg – mix assistant Robert Hadley – mastering Doug Sax – mastering Jolie Levine – production coordinator Mary Maurer – art direction, design Fabrizio Ferri – photography Marc Silag – management
Studios Mixed at Scream Studios (Studio City, California). Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
Charts Chart (2003) Peakposition US Top Jazz Albums 4
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