First Wish is the first album by the trumpet player Chris Botti. It was released by Verve Forecast Records on February 28, 1995.
Track listing
Personnel Chris Botti – trumpet, keyboards, programming (1–3, 5, 6), tambourine (9), acoustic piano (10) Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards, acoustic piano (1), Omnichord (8) Andy Snitzer – Rhodes electric piano (1), programming (1, 5, 6) Mitchell Froom – Wurlitzer electric piano (5), organ (8) Kevin Killen – Omnichord (8) Larry Saltzman – guitars (1, 5, 7) Shane Fontayne – guitars (2, 6) Paul Livant – guitars (3) Marc Shulman – guitars (3, 4, 8, 9) Dominic Kanza – guitars (5) Pino Palladino – bass (1, 2, 4–9) Steve Ferrone – drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 8) Jerry Marotta – drums (2, 4, 6, 9) Joe Bonadio – percussion (2, 3, 4, 7) Cyro Baptista – surdo and shaker (8) Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (5) Sandra Park – violin (6) Rebecca Young – violin (6) Morris Goldberg – African flutes (7) Edie Brickell – vocals (4)
Production Guy Eckstine – executive producer Chris Botti – producer Kevin Killen – producer, engineer, mixing Andy Snitzer – co-producer (1, 3, 5) Andrew Page – additional recording Marc Silag – production coordinator David Lau – art direction Sheryl Lutz-Brown – art direction Étsuko Iseki – design Gary St. Clair – design Brad Hitz – photography
Charts Chart (1995) Peakposition US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 18
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