After stints with Paul Simon, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Thomas Dolby and others, trumpeter Chris Botti stepped out as a leader with 95's First Wish, which hit #1 at R&R NAC, #1 at Hits Contemporary Jazz and was a Top 10 NAC radio hit for 3 months. On Midnight Without You, Botti's talents evolve as a songwriter, performer and producer, with 10 new spirited and sensual songs that present his emergence as a pop instrumentalist. Artists featured include vocalists Paul Buchanan (The Blue Nile) and Jonatha Brooke (The Story).