Christopher Stephen Botti is an American trumpeter and composer.
Botti performing in 2006
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album
The Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Instrumental Album is an award presented at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and originally called the Gramophone Awards, to recording artists for quality instrumental albums in the pop music genre. Honors in several categories are presented at the ceremony annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences of the United States to "honor artistic achievement, technical proficiency and overall excellence in the recording industry, without regard to album sales or chart position".
Joe Jackson was the first recipient of the award in 2001.
2002 award winner, Steve Lukather
2007 award winner, Peter Frampton
Béla Fleck of the 2009 award-winning group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones