Comments on: Chris Botti at the Barbican

By: Michael Goss

Michael Goss — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:44:13 +0000

Quite frankly Mr Stevenson you must have been at a different concert to the one I went to at the Barbican. The sound quality was not up to standard at all. The trumpet was about 10dB higher than any other instrument and to cap it all Chris did virtually nothing in the style of what he is most famous for, gentle tracks like Indian Summer.

Each musician in their own right was fabulous but in my view Chris just tried to trump them every time. The drummer was incredible but perhaps better suited to a band like ACDC.

Needless to say I won’t be wasting any more money going to see him again and hope that his future albums don’t go down the same route as his live performances.
Michael

By: Lisa De Leon

Lisa De Leon — Mon, 27 May 2024 11:36:23 +0000

No, I had the same issue and I was sitting right up front so received this full force.

From a performance perspective, I was also not impressed with the strobe lights and the acid Jazz approach Chris took to almost every song. He concentrated far too much on tracks from the latest album which I think is utterly lackluster (David Foster has always been middle of the road and it shows on Vol.1) and Emmanuel (no, John, it is not the Christmas carol) is becoming boring. Time to get some new material (and a new producer), Chris.

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 25 May 2024 16:54:42 +0000

I was so looking forward to this concert but found the quality of the sound absolutely awful. So much so we left part way through as it was not enjoyable. Very unusual for the Barbican concert hall but it was very shrilling at times and you could not hear all of the players clearly. Did anyone else find this or am I the only one.