In 2016, Botos won the JUNO Award for Best Jazz Album of the Year (Solo) for his recording of Movin' Forward.

In 1998 Botos immigrated to Canada and he has been a prominent member of the Toronto jazz scene since.

[2] Botos has played with the performers including Michael Brecker, Pat LaBarbera, and Dave Young among others.

In addition to winning the TD Award in 2012 he also won the Montreux Jazz Festival piano competition in 2004.

Botos was accompanied by drummer Jeff "Tain" Watts and bassist Robert Hurst, both alumni of Wynton Marsalis' band.