Chris Botti

• His style: a fusion smoothie of jazz and pop
• His look: dapper and handsome, earning him a spot on People magazine's 2004 list of the "50 Most Beautiful People"
• His instrument: a Martin Committee large bore Handcraft trumpet made in 1939, a.k.a very cool
• 9: the age he started playing the trumpet
• How he first got to Carnegie Hall: as a member of McDonalds’ All American High School Jazz band
• Cool thing he did in his senior year of college, while you were preparing to move back in with your folks: he toured with Frank Sinatra and Buddy Rich
• After that: he released a string of albums, landed four of them at the #1 spot on Billboard’s Jazz Albums listings, and became besties with Sting
• His latest album: Impressions, which earned the 2013 Grammy for Best Pop Instrumental Album