First Wish

First Wish
Studio album by Chris Botti
Released	February 28, 1995
Studio	Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, New York); AGF Studios (New York City, New York).
Genre	Jazz
Length	45:50
Label	Verve Forecast
Producer	Chris Botti, Kevin Killen, Andy Snitzer
Chris Botti chronology
First Wish (1995) Midnight Without You (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

All music is composed by Chris Botti, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Worlds Outside"		4:35
2.	"On the Night Ride"		4:28
3.	"First Wish"		5:02
4.	"Like I Do Now"	Botti, Edie Brickell, Paul Joseph Moore	4:53
5.	"Cubism"		5:32
6.	"Through Tin Hearts"		4:28
7.	"Longing"		5:08
8.	"Nerve Central"		4:51
9.	"Fade to Day"		5:19
10.	"A Few More Days, A Few More Weeks"		1:34

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)	Peak position
US Top Contemporary Jazz Albums [2]	18

References

1. Anderson, Rick. Chris Botti: First Wish > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.
2. "First Wish - Chris Botti > Charts & Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved September 1, 2011.