Live at Newportis the follow up to Christian's sophomore release,Anthemand his Grammy-nominated debutRewind That.  Both albums received rave reviews upon release in 2007 and 2006 respectively.  People Magazine gaveAnthemthree stars while the LA Times called it "a stunning portrait of a young talent on the rise."  With his debut,Rewind That, Christian landed on Billboard's "Top Ten to Watch in 2006" list.  The LA Daily News raved, "The major-label debut from this jazz trumpeter has been generating no small amount of hype - and in this case, the accolades are deserved.Rewind Thatis the real deal."  Journalists weren't the only people praising Christian.  In an interview with Downbeat Magazine Chris Botti, who stopped by to see Christian's Newport performance, said, "Lately I've been listening to a lot of CDs by new trumpeters. The only one I like is Christian's. He's the new voice in jazz trumpet.  I love his point of view.  He doesn't sound like any other young trumpet player."The accolades caught the eye of quite a few industry heavyweights.  He found himself in the studio with Prince to record a few songs and is featured on Prince's latest album,Planet Earth, on the track "Somewhere Here on Earth."  He performed with Mos Def at his sold out show at New York's Highline Ballroom.  Christian is also taking his talents to the big screen.  He was asked to appear and perform in the Steven Soderbergh film, "Leatherheads" starring George Clooney and Renee Zellweger.  Christian will also be featured in the Jonathan Demme film "Rachel Getting Married" which will hit theatres in NY and LA on October 3, 2008.