I was very, VERY fortunate to finally obtain a copy of this SACD. I will freely admit that I am very biased when it comes to this release. For many years I was Leblanc's (a musical instrument manufacturer) primary photographer. I had the opportunity to spend a morning with Chris. Chris plays a 1939 Martin Committee trumpet. Leblanc acquired the Martin company in the 70's. They wanted to tear his horn apart to see why it sounded so good. They wanted to replicate it. That horn "breathes" like no other, and Chris freely admitted that THAT horn was in many ways responsible for his sound. Evidently, a friend found it in a second hand store and after playing it, he refused to give it back to his friend! When I photographed him, he had just released his "A Thousand Kisses Deep" CD and was a touring member of Sting's band. He hadn't yet done his PBS specials that launched him into stardom. Having photographed many of LeBlanc's artists, I have to say that Chris was wonderful. A truly nice person, which is just another reason why this release is so special to me. Botti, sometimes gets a bad rap as being a smooth jazz artist. My introduction to his music, being a huge prog fan in those days, was his involvement in the Bruford Levin Upper Extremities avant gard rock/jazz project. Far from smooth jazz. However, I fell in love with "Night Sessions" and to this day is still one of my favorite, well, late night music selections. I couldn't wait to hear it in 5.1. It didn't disappoint. The 5.1 mix was pretty interesting. Sometimes the trumpet was in both the left and the right speakers (and subtly doubled in the rears). Sometimes in the center, with acoustic guitars and percussion in the rears. As others have noted, the bass is primarily in the rear speakers. It makes for an interesting mix that I really enjoyed. As the title implies, it a late night listen, so for the most part it is a laid back and low key album. Only the track *Streets Ahead" lets loose, and fills the room with sound. Yet, even when the instrumentation is sparse, there always seems to be noticeable use of all speakers. Still, it is the trumpet playing that makes this release special, and it sounds great. I always thought this CD was wonderful, and now found out that the SACD 5.1 mix is awesome. A solid, biased, yet unbiased 10.
i'll give it a go in the Cambridge Audio BDP in a keb'mo! 
i suspect this may be yet another Nathaniel Kunkel 5.1 mix (like his 5.1 of Keane's "Hopes And Fears") where ithe Fronts and Rears may actually be reversed!!! maybe not on the whole album but on tracks 1 & 9, to me it feels like the Fronts & Rears are the wrong way around? 
