First Wish

First Wish is the first album by the trumpet player Chris Botti. It was released by Verve Forecast Records on February 28, 1995.

Personnel

 * Chris Botti – trumpet, keyboards, programming (1-3, 5, 6), tambourine (9), acoustic piano (10)
 * Paul Joseph Moore – keyboards, acoustic piano (1), Omnichord (8)
 * Andy Snitzer – Rhodes electric piano (1), programming (1, 5, 6)
 * Mitchell Froom – Wurlitzer electric piano (5), organ (8)
 * Kevin Killen – Omnichord (8)
 * Larry Saltzman – guitars (1, 5, 7)
 * Shane Fontayne – guitars (2, 6)
 * Paul Livant – guitars (3)
 * Marc Shulman – guitars (3, 4, 8, 9)
 * Dominic Kanza – guitars (5)
 * Pino Palladino – bass (1, 2, 4–9)
 * Steve Ferrone – drums (1, 3, 5, 7, 8)
 * Jerry Marotta – drums (2, 4, 6, 9)
 * Joe Bonadio – percussion (2, 3, 4, 7)
 * Cyro Baptista – surdo and shaker (8)
 * Michael Brecker – tenor saxophone (5)
 * Sandra Park – violin (6)
 * Rebecca Young – violin (6)
 * Morris Goldberg – African flutes (7)
 * Edie Brickell – vocals (4)

Production

 * Guy Eckstine – executive producer
 * Chris Botti – producer
 * Kevin Killen – producer, engineer, mixing
 * Andy Snitzer – co-producer (1, 3, 5)
 * Andrew Page – additional recording
 * Marc Silag – production coordinator
 * David Lau – art direction
 * Sheryl Lutz-Brown – art direction
 * Étsuko Iseki – design
 * Gary St. Clair – design
 * Brad Hitz – photography