Sympathique (Vinyl)

The Portland, Oregon-based big band Pink Martini, founded by classically trained pianist Thomas Lauderdale, jump effortlessly between various technically challenging sounds and styles from across the pop spectrum and around the world. Featuring as many as 12 members at any given time, Pink Martini is as at home with French chanson or Portuguese fado as it is with swing and film soundtracks. The group has released three critically acclaimed albums since forming in 1994.

• Category:  Music  »  Rock & Pop  »  General Rock & Pop
• Format: Vinyl   Learn more about the Vinyl format using Tower WIKI.
• Release Date: February 24, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Heinz Records
• UPC: 751937106616
• WAPI (Tower ID): 111974000
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Pink Martini: China Forbes, Pepe Raphael (vocals); Dan Faehnle (guitar); Aaron Meyer (violin); David Eby (cello); Maureen Love (harp); Gavin Bondy (trumpet); Robert Taylor (trombone); Thomas M. Lauderdale (piano); Doug Smith (vibraphone, percussion); John Wager (bass); Richard Rothfus (bongos, drums, percussion); Brian Davis (congas, timbales, percussion); Derek Rieth (percussion)

Recorded at Stiles Recording Studio, Portland, Oregon, from December 1996 to April 1997.

Pink Martini: China Forbes, Pepe Raphael (vocals); Gavin Bondy (trumpet); Robert Taylor (trombone); Thomas M. Lauderdale (piano); Doug Smith (vibraphone, percussion); Brian Davis (congas, timbales, percussion); Derek Rieth (percussion).

Personnel: Dan Faehnle (guitar); Maureen Love (harp); Aaron Meyer (violin); David Eby (cello); Robert Taylor (trombone); Doug Smith (vibraphone, percussion); Richard Rothfus (drums, bongos, percussion); Brian Davis (congas, percussion).

The first album by Portland, Oregon's tongue in cheek lounge pop orchestra Pink Martini, SYMPATHIQUE, was originally released in 1997 on the band's own Heinz label. Although the album contains two originals by singer China Forbes and pianist Thomas Lauderdale, the title track and "Lullaby," the bulk of the album's 12 songs consists of new arrangements of loungy favorites like "Never On Sunday," "Que Sera Sera," "Brazil," and "Song of the Black Lizard," taken from the soundtrack of a Japanese cult film. Unlike contemporaries such as Combustible Edison, Pink Martini had the musical chops and heartfelt love of the style to keep the album from descending into snarky kitsch. In 2009, Heinz Records released the first ever vinyl edition of the album.

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