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First Wish is the first album by the trumpet player Chris Botti. It was released by Verve Forecast Records on February 28, 1995.

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]

Track listing

Personnel

• Chris Botti – trumpet (1-10), keyboards (1-10), programming (1, 2, 3, 5, 6), tambourine (9), acoustic piano (10)
• Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards (1-10), acoustic piano (1), Omnichord (8)
• Andy Snitzer – Rhodes (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 (8), 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

• Chris Botti – producer
• Kevin Killen – producer, engineer, mixing
• Andy Snitzer – co-producer (1, 3, 5)
• Guy Eckstine – executive producer
• 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

Album

Year	Chart	Position
1995	Top Contemporary Jazz Albums	18[2]

References

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