Chris Botti at Sunset Center

Like Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie and Chet Baker, Chris Botti's favored trumpet is a vintage Martin Committee (his was handcrafted in 1939). Though not a legend just yet, Botti seems well on his way: over the last 15 years, the jazz-pop alchemist has sold almost 3 million albums worldwide, has garnered multiple Grammy nominations, and has inspired career-changing collaborations with groundbreakers such as Paul Simon, Sting and Steven Tyler. Those that spring for the VIP "meet and greet" get a chance to rub shoulders with a man who is both a world-class musician, and one of People Magazine's 50 Most Beautiful People of 2004. [DS]

8pm, Thu-Fri. Sunset Center, San Carlos Street at Ninth Avenue, Carmel. $168-$198/VIP; $69-$99/general. 620-2048 (box office), 620-2040 (center), www.sunsetcenter.org.

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