Friday, April 7, 7:30 pm – Chris Botti, Trumpeter; Concert Hall, California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Grammy-winning trumpeter, Chris Botti, has emerged as the top-selling American instrumental artist. Botti will perform jazz standards and famous classical masterpieces with his signature sophisticated sound and soaring musical imagination. The New York Times raves, “Chris Botti has a trumpet sound that suggests the softer side of luminosity, the realm of sunsets and half-moons and low-wattage incandescence.” Tickets: $40-$75. Ticket office: 1-800-988-4253; or online – http://artcenter.org/event/chris-botti/