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V
July 23rd 2024
C’était magique de revoir ce groupe d’artistes talentueux nous faire l’honneur de revenir en France ! Ce sont des passeurs de paix qui arrivent à nous faire aimer toutes les langues, c’est tellement joli quand China Forbes interprète ses chansons, j’ai pu apprécier la chanteuse interprète Storm , Timothy Nishimoto ,l’excellent Thomas Lauderdale et chacun des musiciens est à sa place, rien ne manque, tout est là, l’entente, l’enthousiasme, un bon esprit les réunit, ils le partagent avec nous : merci à eux, et à ceux qui les ont programmés, la ville de Carcassonne .
Carcassonne, France@
Square André Chénier
Gina
April 20th 2024
I have seen Pink Martini many times, and they are always fabulous! Thomas Lauderdale’s tribute to the 100th year since Rhapsody in Blue was penned was absolutely stunning. And all the band members including China Forbes, Timothy Nishimoto are extraordinary. The newest members of the ensemble, Jimmie Herrod and Edna Vazquez, sung their hearts out much to our delight! I can’t say enough about what a joy it was to attend this concert, especially with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra!
Denver, CO@
Boettcher Concert Hall
Erin
March 16th 2024
Pink Martini is always fabulous. Tons of energy. Beautiful music. This was our first time seeing them at the McCallum Theatre. It's small, every seat is wonderful, and parking is a breeze. Pink Martini will be back in two years, and so will we. We will also see them again the next time they are in OUR town.
Palm Desert, CA@
McCallum Theatre
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About Pink Martini

“Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure … if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.” – Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader/pianist

Nearly 30 years ago in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking that one day he would run for mayor. Like other eager beaver politicians-in-training, he went to every political fundraiser under the sun … but was dismayed to find the music at these events underwhelming, lackluster, loud and un-neighborly. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop – and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals alike, he founded the “little orchestra” Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks.

“Pink Martini draws inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s or ‘50s … with a more global perspective. We write a lot of songs … but we also champion songs like Ernesto Lecuona’s “Andalucia” or “Amado mio” from the Rita Hayworth film “Gilda” or “Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu (My name is Kikuchiyo)” made famous in the 1960s by the great Japanese group Hiroshi Wada & His Mahina Stars. In that sense we’re a bit like musical archeologists, digging through recordings and scores of years past and rediscovering beautiful songs.”

Lauderdale met China Forbes, Pink Martini’s “Diva Next Door” lead vocalist, at Harvard. He was studying history and literature while she was studying English literature and painting. Actually neither of them really studied, they socialized … and late at night, they would break into the lower common room in their college dormitory and sing arias by Puccini and Verdi – and the occasional campy Barbara Streisand cover –thus sealing their creative collaboration. Three years after graduating, Lauderdale called Forbes who was living in New York City, where she’d been writing songs and playing guitar in hew own folk-rock project, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together for the band. Their first song “Sympathique” – with the chorus “Je ne veux pas travailler” (“I don’t want to work”) – became an overnight sensation in France, and was even nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards.

“Both China Forbes and I come from multicultural families,” says Lauderdale. “All of us in Pink Martini have studied different languages as well as different styles of music from different parts of the world. So inevitably, because everyone has participated at some point in the writing or arranging of songs, our repertoire is wildly diverse. At one moment, you feel like you’re in the middle of a samba parade in Rio de Janeiro, and in the next moment, you’re in a French music hall of the 1930s or a palazzo in Napoli. It’s a bit like an urban musical travelogue. We’re very much an American band, but we spend a lot of time abroad … and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to represent – through our repertoire and our concerts – a broader, more inclusive America … the America which remains the most heterogeneously populated country in the world … comprised of people of every country, every language, every religion.”

Pink Martini has twelve musicians performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand and North America. Pink Martini made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998 under the direction of Norman Leyden. Since then, the band has gone on to play with over 25 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. Other appearances include the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with return sold-out engagements for New Year’s Eve over the past 15 years; two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall; the opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in NYC; the Governor’s Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008; and the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia.

“The overarching goal is to create a cohesive body of beautiful songs with beautiful melodies. And then it all just extends outward from there. Because the interests of the band are so diverse – two percussionists who spend a lot of time in Brasil; another percussionist who grew up in Cuba; a German speaking trombone player who studied with all the brass section of the Chicago Symphony and likes Miles Davis; an African American singer who studied French and Italian and sings in 14 different; languages; a cellist who speaks Mandarin – because of this diversity inside the band, there are endless ideas. On a bad day it can just seem all too dizzying. But hopefully in the larger picture, it is a more accurate representation of America in 2009.”

“Pink Martini represents all that Toronto aspires to – sophistication, cosmopolitanism, and a type of delight that sometimes involves dressing up and carousing … with its heterogeneous tastes and facility in languages, the pop orchestra might have sprung from our own diverse metropolis, but hails instead from Portland, Oregon.” -- Toronto Star, March 2008

The band has collaborated and performed with Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Henri Salvador, Jane Powell, Chavela Vargas, Georges Moustaki, Michael Feinstein, DJ Dimitri from Paris, clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden, Hiroshi Wada, DJ Johnny Dynell and several drag queens from New York City, among others.
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Genres:
Dance Music, Jazz, Pop
Band Members:
Thomas Barber (trumpet), Robert Taylor (trombone), Edna Vazquez (guest vocals), Maureen Love (harp), Brian Lavern Davis (congas drums and percussion), Timothy Nishimoto (vocals and percussion), Derek Rieth 1971-2014 (percussion), miguel bernal (congas and drums), Andrew Borger (drums and percussion), Thomas Lauderdale (piano), Ari Shapiro (guest vocals), Nicholas Crosa (violin), China Forbes (vocals), Pansy Chang (cello), Jimmie Herrod (guest vocals), Antonis Andreou (trombone), Reinhardt Melz (drums), Phil Baker (bass), Dan Faehnle (guitar)
Hometown:
Portland, OR

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Fan Reviews

V
July 23rd 2024
C’était magique de revoir ce groupe d’artistes talentueux nous faire l’honneur de revenir en France ! Ce sont des passeurs de paix qui arrivent à nous faire aimer toutes les langues, c’est tellement joli quand China Forbes interprète ses chansons, j’ai pu apprécier la chanteuse interprète Storm , Timothy Nishimoto ,l’excellent Thomas Lauderdale et chacun des musiciens est à sa place, rien ne manque, tout est là, l’entente, l’enthousiasme, un bon esprit les réunit, ils le partagent avec nous : merci à eux, et à ceux qui les ont programmés, la ville de Carcassonne .
Carcassonne, France@
Square André Chénier
Gina
April 20th 2024
I have seen Pink Martini many times, and they are always fabulous! Thomas Lauderdale’s tribute to the 100th year since Rhapsody in Blue was penned was absolutely stunning. And all the band members including China Forbes, Timothy Nishimoto are extraordinary. The newest members of the ensemble, Jimmie Herrod and Edna Vazquez, sung their hearts out much to our delight! I can’t say enough about what a joy it was to attend this concert, especially with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra!
Denver, CO@
Boettcher Concert Hall
Erin
March 16th 2024
Pink Martini is always fabulous. Tons of energy. Beautiful music. This was our first time seeing them at the McCallum Theatre. It's small, every seat is wonderful, and parking is a breeze. Pink Martini will be back in two years, and so will we. We will also see them again the next time they are in OUR town.
Palm Desert, CA@
McCallum Theatre
View More Fan Reviews

About Pink Martini

“Pink Martini is a rollicking around-the-world musical adventure … if the United Nations had a house band in 1962, hopefully we’d be that band.” – Thomas Lauderdale, bandleader/pianist

Nearly 30 years ago in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, thinking that one day he would run for mayor. Like other eager beaver politicians-in-training, he went to every political fundraiser under the sun … but was dismayed to find the music at these events underwhelming, lackluster, loud and un-neighborly. Drawing inspiration from music from all over the world – crossing genres of classical, jazz and old-fashioned pop – and hoping to appeal to conservatives and liberals alike, he founded the “little orchestra” Pink Martini in 1994 to provide more beautiful and inclusive musical soundtracks for political fundraisers for progressive causes such as civil rights, affordable housing, the environment, libraries, public broadcasting, education and parks.

“Pink Martini draws inspiration from the romantic Hollywood musicals of the 1940s or ‘50s … with a more global perspective. We write a lot of songs … but we also champion songs like Ernesto Lecuona’s “Andalucia” or “Amado mio” from the Rita Hayworth film “Gilda” or “Kikuchiyo to mohshimasu (My name is Kikuchiyo)” made famous in the 1960s by the great Japanese group Hiroshi Wada & His Mahina Stars. In that sense we’re a bit like musical archeologists, digging through recordings and scores of years past and rediscovering beautiful songs.”

Lauderdale met China Forbes, Pink Martini’s “Diva Next Door” lead vocalist, at Harvard. He was studying history and literature while she was studying English literature and painting. Actually neither of them really studied, they socialized … and late at night, they would break into the lower common room in their college dormitory and sing arias by Puccini and Verdi – and the occasional campy Barbara Streisand cover –thus sealing their creative collaboration. Three years after graduating, Lauderdale called Forbes who was living in New York City, where she’d been writing songs and playing guitar in hew own folk-rock project, and asked her to join Pink Martini. They began to write songs together for the band. Their first song “Sympathique” – with the chorus “Je ne veux pas travailler” (“I don’t want to work”) – became an overnight sensation in France, and was even nominated for “Song of the Year” at France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards.

“Both China Forbes and I come from multicultural families,” says Lauderdale. “All of us in Pink Martini have studied different languages as well as different styles of music from different parts of the world. So inevitably, because everyone has participated at some point in the writing or arranging of songs, our repertoire is wildly diverse. At one moment, you feel like you’re in the middle of a samba parade in Rio de Janeiro, and in the next moment, you’re in a French music hall of the 1930s or a palazzo in Napoli. It’s a bit like an urban musical travelogue. We’re very much an American band, but we spend a lot of time abroad … and therefore have the incredible diplomatic opportunity to represent – through our repertoire and our concerts – a broader, more inclusive America … the America which remains the most heterogeneously populated country in the world … comprised of people of every country, every language, every religion.”

Pink Martini has twelve musicians performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, Greece, Turkey, the Middle East, Northern Africa, Australia and New Zealand and North America. Pink Martini made its European debut at the Cannes Film Festival in 1997 and its orchestral debut with the Oregon Symphony in 1998 under the direction of Norman Leyden. Since then, the band has gone on to play with over 25 orchestras around the world, including multiple engagements with the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl, the Boston Pops, the National Symphony at the Kennedy Center and the BBC Concert Orchestra in London. Other appearances include the grand opening of the Los Angeles Philharmonic’s new Frank Gehry-designed Walt Disney Concert Hall, with return sold-out engagements for New Year’s Eve over the past 15 years; two sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall; the opening party of the remodeled Museum of Modern Art in NYC; the Governor’s Ball at the 80th Annual Academy Awards in 2008; and the opening of the 2008 Sydney Festival in Australia.

“The overarching goal is to create a cohesive body of beautiful songs with beautiful melodies. And then it all just extends outward from there. Because the interests of the band are so diverse – two percussionists who spend a lot of time in Brasil; another percussionist who grew up in Cuba; a German speaking trombone player who studied with all the brass section of the Chicago Symphony and likes Miles Davis; an African American singer who studied French and Italian and sings in 14 different; languages; a cellist who speaks Mandarin – because of this diversity inside the band, there are endless ideas. On a bad day it can just seem all too dizzying. But hopefully in the larger picture, it is a more accurate representation of America in 2009.”

“Pink Martini represents all that Toronto aspires to – sophistication, cosmopolitanism, and a type of delight that sometimes involves dressing up and carousing … with its heterogeneous tastes and facility in languages, the pop orchestra might have sprung from our own diverse metropolis, but hails instead from Portland, Oregon.” -- Toronto Star, March 2008

The band has collaborated and performed with Jimmy Scott, Carol Channing, Henri Salvador, Jane Powell, Chavela Vargas, Georges Moustaki, Michael Feinstein, DJ Dimitri from Paris, clarinetist and conductor Norman Leyden, Hiroshi Wada, DJ Johnny Dynell and several drag queens from New York City, among others.
Show More
Genres:
Dance Music, Jazz, Pop
Band Members:
Thomas Barber (trumpet), Robert Taylor (trombone), Edna Vazquez (guest vocals), Maureen Love (harp), Brian Lavern Davis (congas drums and percussion), Timothy Nishimoto (vocals and percussion), Derek Rieth 1971-2014 (percussion), miguel bernal (congas and drums), Andrew Borger (drums and percussion), Thomas Lauderdale (piano), Ari Shapiro (guest vocals), Nicholas Crosa (violin), China Forbes (vocals), Pansy Chang (cello), Jimmie Herrod (guest vocals), Antonis Andreou (trombone), Reinhardt Melz (drums), Phil Baker (bass), Dan Faehnle (guitar)
Hometown:
Portland, OR

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