Pink Martini performing in 2012The American musical group Pink Martini , based in Portland, Oregon , has recorded songs for six studio albums , one compilation album , and one video album featuring live concert footage.[ 1] Thomas Lauderdale in 1994, the group that has been described as a "mini-orchestra" performs songs of many music genres in multiple languages by lead vocalist China Forbes .[ 1] [ 2] Sympathique Heinz Records , in 1997 – subsequent recordings were also released through Heinz. The album includes three original tracks, "Sympathique", "La Soledad", and "Lullaby"; cover versions include Ernesto Lecuona 's "Amado Mio ", Maurice Ravel 's "Boléro ", "Brazil " (Ary Barroso ), "Never on Sunday " (Manos Hatzidakis ), and "Que Sera Sera " by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans .[ 3]
Hang On Little Tomato Heitor Villa-Lobos ' "Song of the Black Swan (O canto do cysne negro)".[ 2] Hey Eugene! title track , written by Forbes, and covers in several languages: "Bukra Wba'do" (Mounir Mourad , Fatehi Qorah) in Arabic, the French chanson "Ojalá", "Tempo Perdido" (Ataulfo Alves ) in Portuguese, and "Taya Tan" (Taku Izumi, Michio Yamagami) in Japanese, among others. The album also features guest vocals by Little Jimmy Scott on "Tea for Two ", originally written by Irving Caesar and Vincent Youmans .[ 4]
Pink Martini's fourth studio album, Splendor in the Grass Neapolitan , and Spanish). Guest vocalists include Ari Shapiro on "But Now I'm Back", Chavela Vargas on "Piensa en mí", and Emilio Delgado on "Sing ".[ 5] Discover the World: Live in Concert Ernesto Lecuona 's "Malagueña ".[ 6] Joy to the World Christmas music includes "Do You Hear What I Hear? ", "Little Drummer Boy ", "Santa Baby ", "Silent Night " performed in Arabic, English and German, "We Three Kings ", and "White Christmas ". Hanukkah music includes Danny Maseng 's "Elohai, N'Tzor" and "Ocho Kandelikas " (Flory Jagoda ), performed in Ladino . The album also commemorates New Year's Day with "Auld Lang Syne " and Chinese New Year with "Congratulations ".[ 7]
The group released two albums in 2011: 1969 Saori Yuki and A Retrospective 1969 includes covers of "Is That All There Is? ", "Mas que Nada ", and "Puff, the Magic Dragon ".[ 8] A Retrospective contains collaborations with Michael Feinstein ("How Long Will It Last?"), Georges Moustaki ("Ma Solitude"), and film director Gus Van Sant ("Moon River"), along with remixes by Johnny Dynell ("Una Notte a Napoli") and Hiroshi Wada ("Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu").[ 9]
Songs
Pink Martini's lead vocalist and songwriter China Forbes performing in 2006 The group's founder Thomas Lauderdale performing in 2008 Michael Feinstein provides vocals on the track "How Long Will It Last?", originally by Max Lief and Joseph Meyer .Film director Gus Van Sant made his singing debut on "Moon River " for the 2011 compilation album A Retrospective [ 10] [ 11] Chavela Vargas (pictured in 2006 ) performs on "Piensa en mí" for Pink Martini 's 2009 album Splendor in the Grass Emilio Delgado contributes guest vocals on Joe Raposo 's "Sing " for Splendor in the Grass Little Jimmy Scott (pictured in 2009 on right ) appears on "Tea for Two " (Irving Caesar , Vincent Youmans ), recorded for Pink Martini 's 2007 album Hey Eugene!
References
^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Pink Martini: Biography" . Allmusic Rovi Corporation . Retrieved March 16, 2013 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Phares, Heather. "Hang on Little Tomato" . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 16, 2013 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m For Sympathique :
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m For Hey Eugene! :
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o For Splendor in the Grass :
^ a b c "Discover the World: Live in Concert" . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2013 .^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Phares, Heather. "Joy to the World" . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2013 . ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "1969" . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2013 .^ a b c d e f g h i j O'Brien, Jon. "A Retrospective" . Allmusic . Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 25, 2013 . ^ Wade, Andrew (October 16, 2011). "Pink Martini announces new album A Retrospective to be released in November" . The AU Review . Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 25, 2013 . ^ D'Antoni, Tom (September 19, 2011). "Pink Martini releases two albums at the same time: '1969' and 'A Retrospective' . Oregon Music News . Archived from the original on October 15, 2011. Retrieved March 25, 2013 . ^ a b Pulliam, Becca (December 10, 2009). "Pink Martini at the Walt Disney Concert Hall" . NPR . Retrieved March 28, 2013 .
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