What is it about trumpet player Chris Botti that is synonymous with romance? For Washingtonians, it may have something to do his concerts falling around Valentine’s Day. In his return to D.C. on Friday, Botti will perform from his latest CD, “Impressions,” at the Kennedy Center. Not surprisingly, this current offering took most of last year to record because Botti’s preference has always been touring with his band 300 days of the year as opposed to spending weeks in the recording studio.
“We just finished the album yesterday,” he said recently. “There was a seven-week stretch in October and November [where] we went to, and came back from, Asia four times! We’d go to Shanghai for a day and come home; to the Philippines for three days and come home; then to Japan for 10 days … you know?”
