Pink Martini Splendor In The Grass (2009)

Artist: Pink Martini

Title Of Album: Splendor In The Grass

Year Of Release: October 27, 2009

Label: Heinz Records

Genre: Pop / Latin / Jazz

Format: MP3

Bitrate: CBR 320 kbps

Tracks: 14

Total Time: 54:16 min

Total Size: 124 MB

Product Description

"This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious. And it seems to speak to just about everybody." -- Washington Post

"Ms. Forbes is an unpretentious, pitch-perfect chanteuse who can be breathy and girlish or sultry. She's ideal for songs that usually revolve around old-fashioned romance; she tempers heartbreak with savoir-faire." -- New York Times

Pink Martini's three previous albums have sold over 2 million copies worldwide.

Long-awaited fourth album features several songs in a classic Pink Martini style alongside excursions into 1970s, modernist minimalism, classic ranchera, and swing.

Partnering with high-powered NYC publicity firm Sacks & Co. (Björk, David Byrne, Buena Vista Social Club) to publicize Splendor in the Grass.

Famed Dandy Warhols guitarist and leader Courtney Taylor-Taylor appears on the title track.

Velvet-voiced Emilio Delgado, famous as Luis on Sesame Street, duets with China Forbes on "Sing."

Legendary 90-year-old ranchera singer Chavela Vargas, formerly the lover of painter Frida Kahlo, guests on Agustin Lara classic "Piensa en mi."

Popular NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro makes his professional recording debut on the Pink Martini original "But Now I'm Back."

Personnel:

Thomas Lauderdale (piano)

China Forbes (vocals)

Timothy Nishimoto (vocals and percussion)

Robert Taylor (trombone)

Gavin Bondy (trumpet)

Phil Baker (bass)

Dan Faehnle (guitar)

Pansy Chang (cello)

Nicholas Crosa (violin)

Brian Lavern Davis (congas, drums and percussion)

Derek Rieth (percussion)

Martin Zarzar (drums)

Tracklist:

01. Ninna Nanna

02. Ohayoo Ohio

03. Splendor in the Grass

04. Ou est ma tete?

05. And Then You're Gone

06. But Now I'm Back

07. Sunday Table

08. Over the Valley

09. Tuca Tuca

10. Bitty Boppy Betty

11. Sing

12. Piensa en mi

13. New Amsterdam

14. Ninna Nanna reprise