List Of Songs Recorded By Pink Martini
The 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. Formed by 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. Their debut album Sympathique was released through the group's own independent record label, 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.
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. 
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!
Hang On Little Tomato, released in 2004, features more original songs; covers include "Anna (El Negro Zumbón)" by Francesco Giordano and Roman Vatro, "Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu" (Yoichi Suzuki, Michio Yamagami), and Heitor Villa-Lobos' "Song of the Black Swan (O canto do cysne negro)". In 2007, the group released Hey Eugene! Songs include the 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.
Pink Martini's fourth studio album, Splendor in the Grass, was released in 2009. Forbes performs songs in five languages (English, French, Italian, 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". The group also released the video album Discover the World: Live in Concert in 2009, which features live concert footage and includes the original song "The Flying Squirrel" and a cover of Ernesto Lecuona's "Malagueña". In 2010, Pink Martini released its fifth studio album, the holiday-themed 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".
The group released two albums in 2011: 1969 with Saori Yuki and A Retrospective, a compilation album with tracks from previous studio albums plus unreleased material. 1969 includes covers of "Is That All There Is?", "Mas que Nada", and "Puff, the Magic Dragon". 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").
Songs
| Song | Artist(s) | Writer(s) | Original release | Year | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Amado Mio" | Pink Martini | Doris Fisher Allan Roberts |
Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "And Then You're Gone" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian Derek Rieth Franz Schubert |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Andalucia" | Pink Martini | Ernesto Lecuona | Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Anna (El Negro Zumbón)" | Pink Martini | Francesco Giordano Roman Vatro |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Aspettami" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Aspettami" [First Recording] | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Auld Lang Syne" | Pink Martini | Robert Burns Dirgham Sbait Jacques Sevin Traditional |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Autrefois" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Bitty Boppy Betty" | Pink Martini | Alex Marashian | Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Blue Light Yokohama" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Jun Hashimoto Kyohei Tsutsumi |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Boléro" | Pink Martini | Maurice Ravel | Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Brazil" | Pink Martini | Ary Barroso | Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Bukra Wba'do" | Pink Martini | Mounir Mourad Fatehi Qorah |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "But Now I'm Back" | Pink Martini featuring Ari Shapiro | Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Cante e Dance" | Pink Martini | Phil Baker | Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "City of Night" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Clementine" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Congratulations (A Happy New Year Song)" | Pink Martini | Chen Gexin | Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Dansez-vous" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Robert Taylor |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Do You Hear What I Hear?" | Pink Martini | Gloria Shayne Baker Noël Regney |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Donde Estas Yolanda?" | Pink Martini | Manuel Jiménez | Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Donde Estas Yolanda?" [China Forbes Vocals Version] | Pink Martini | Manuel Jiménez | A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Dosvedanya Mio Bombino" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Maya Forbes |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Du Soleil Plein Les Yeux (Eyes Full of Sun)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Catherine Desage Frances Lai |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Elohai, N'tzor" | Pink Martini | Danny Maseng | Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Everywhere" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "The Flying Squirrel" | Pink Martini | Thomas Lauderdale Robert Taylor |
Discover the World: Live in Concert | 2009 | |
| "The Gardens of Sampson & Beasley" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Hey Eugene" | Pink Martini | China Forbes | Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "How Long Will It Last?" | Pink Martini featuring Michael Feinstein | Max Lief Joseph Meyer |
A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Ii Janaino Shiawase Naraba (It's Okay If I'm Happy)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Tokiko Iwatani Taku Izumi |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Is That All There Is?" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Rena Connor Yoshia Kurosaki Thomas Lauderdale Jerry Leiber Tadashi Nagoi Camellia Nieh Satomi Sano Mike Stoller Masumi Timson Stephen Timson Mas Yatabe |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu" | Pink Martini | Yoichi Suzuki Michio Yamazaki |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu" [The Hiroshi Wada Mix] | Pink Martini | Yoichi Suzuki Michio Yamazaki |
A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Kisetsu no Ashioto (Footsteps of the Seasons)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Yasushi Akimoto Hitoshi Haba |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "La Soledad" | Pink Martini | Frédéric Chopin Thomas Lauderdale Pepe Raphael |
Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "La Vergine Degli Angeli" | Pink Martini featuring the Pacific Youth Choir | Francesco Maria Piave Giuseppe Verdi |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Let's Never Stop Falling in Love" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Lilly" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Little Drummer Boy" | Pink Martini | Katherine Kennicott Davis Henry Onorati Harry Simeone |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Lullaby" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Ma Solitude" | Pink Martini featuring Georges Moustaki | Georges Moustaki | A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Malagueña" | Pink Martini | Ernesto Lecuona | Discover the World: Live in Concert | 2009 | |
| "The Man with the Big Sombrero" | Pink Martini | Phil Boutelje Foster Carling |
A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Mar Desconocido" | Pink Martini | Frédéric Chopin Martín Zarzar |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Mas que Nada" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Jorge Ben Fumio Nagata |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Mayonaka no Bossa Nova (Midnight Bossa Nova)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Jun Hashimoto Kyohei Tsutumi |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Moon River" | Pink Martini featuring Gus Van Sant | Henry Mancini Johnny Mercer |
A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Never on Sunday" | Pink Martini | Manos Hatzidakis | Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "New Amsterdam" | Pink Martini | Moondog | Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Ninna nanna" | Pink Martini | Massimo Audiello Alba Clemente |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Ninna nanna" [Reprise] | Pink Martini | Massimo Audiello Alba Clemente |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "No Hay Problema" | Pink Martini | Jacques Marray | Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Ocho Kandelikas (Eight Little Candles)" | Pink Martini | Flory Jagoda | Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Ohayoo Ohio (Hello Ohio)" | Pink Martini | Dan Faehnle | Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Ojala" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Daniel Lemay Timothy Nishimoto Luisa Quiñoy |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Où est ma tête?" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Over the Valley" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Piensa en mí" | Pink Martini featuring Chavela Vargas | Agustín Lara Maria Teresa Lara |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Puff, the Magic Dragon" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Leonard Lipton Akira Nogami Peter Yarrow |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Que Sera Sera" | Pink Martini | Jay Livingston Ray Evans |
Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Santa Baby" | Pink Martini | Joan Javits Philip Springer |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Shchedryk (Ukrainian Bell Carol)" | Pink Martini featuring the Pacific Youth Choir | Mykola Leontovych | Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Silent Night" | Pink Martini featuring the Portland Boychoir | Franz Xaver Gruber Joseph Mohr John Freeman Young |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Sing" | Pink Martini featuring Emilio Delgado | Joe Raposo | Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "A Snowglobe Christmas" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Song of the Black Lizard" | Pink Martini | Akihiro Miwa | Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Song of the Black Swan (O canto do cysne negro)" | Pink Martini | Heitor Villa-Lobos | Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Splendor in the Grass" | Pink Martini | Thomas Lauderdale Alex Marashian Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Sunday Table" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "Sympathique" | Pink Martini | China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Sympathique | 1997 | |
| "Syracuse" | Pink Martini | Bernard Dimey Henri Salvador |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Taya Tan" | Pink Martini | Taku Izumi Michio Yamagami |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Tea for Two" | Pink Martini featuring Little Jimmy Scott | Irving Caesar Vincent Youmans |
Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Tempo Perdido" | Pink Martini | Ataulfo Alves | Hey Eugene! | 2007 | |
| "Tuca tuca" | Pink Martini | Gianni Boncompagni Franco Pisano |
Splendor in the Grass | 2009 | |
| "U Plavu Zoru" | Pink Martini | Gavin Bondy David Eby China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale Derek Rieth Robert Taylor John Wager |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Una Notte a Napoli" | Pink Martini | Alba Clemente Johnny Dynell China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Una Notte a Napoli" [DJ Johnny Dynall Remix] | Pink Martini | Alba Clemente Johnny Dynell China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Una Notte a Napoli" [First Recording] | Pink Martini | Alba Clemente Johnny Dynell China Forbes Thomas Lauderdale |
A Retrospective | 2011 | |
| "Veronique" | Pink Martini | Thomas Lauderdale Gregory Tozian |
Hang On Little Tomato | 2004 | |
| "Wasuretainoni (I Want to Forget You, But...)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Larry Kolber Barry Mann Terunobo Okuyama |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Watashi mo Anata to Naite Ii? (Consolation)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Go Misawa | 1969 | 2011 | |
| "We Three Kings" | Pink Martini | John Henry Hopkins, Jr. | Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "White Christmas" | Pink Martini | Irving Berlin | Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "White Christmas, Pt. 2" | Pink Martini featuring Saori Yuki | Irving Berlin Tatsuro Yamashita |
Joy to the World | 2010 | |
| "Yoake No Scat (Melody for a New Dawn)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Taku Izumi Michio Yamagami |
1969 | 2011 | |
| "Yuuzuki (Evening Moon)" | Pink Martini and Saori Yuki | Rei Nakanishi Miki Takahashi |
1969 | 2011 |
References
- General
- "Pink Martini: Songs". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- "Pink Martini: Discography". PinkMartini.com. Archived from the original on December 9, 2011. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- Specific
- ^ Henderson, Alex. "Pink Martini: Biography". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Hang on Little Tomato". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- ^ For Sympathique:
- Sympathique (booklet). Pink Martini. Heinz Records. 1997.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - Ankeny, Jason. "Sympathique". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 16, 2013.
- Sympathique (booklet). Pink Martini. Heinz Records. 1997.
- ^ For Hey Eugene!:
- Hey Eugene! (booklet). Pink Martini. Heinz Records. 2007.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - Tamarkin, Jeff. "Hey Eugene!". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- Hey Eugene! (booklet). Pink Martini. Heinz Records. 2007.
- ^ For Splendor in the Grass:
- Splendor in the Grass (booklet). Pink Martini. Heinz Records. 2009.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - "Splendor in the Grass". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 18, 2013.
- Splendor in the Grass (booklet). Pink Martini. Heinz Records. 2009.
- ^ "Discover the World: Live in Concert". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ Phares, Heather. "Joy to the World". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ "1969". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved March 22, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Pulliam, Becca (December 10, 2009). "Pink Martini at the Walt Disney Concert Hall". NPR. Retrieved March 28, 2013.