Pink Martini has twelve instrumentalists (and sometimes travels with string sections), and performs its multilingual repertoire on concert stages and with symphony orchestras throughout Europe, Asia, 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 30 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 2003, 2004 & 2008; 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.
Lauderdale met China Forbes, Pink Martini’s lead vocalist, at Harvard. He was studying history and literature while she was studying English literature and painting. 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 Barbra 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 her 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. Forbes, though fluent only in English, sings in 15 different languages.
Pink Martini’s debut album Sympathique was released independently in 1997 on the band’s own label Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale’s dog), and quickly became an international phenomenon, garnering the group nominations for “Song of the Year” and “Best New Artist” in France’s Victoires de la Musique Awards in 2000.
In October 2004, the group released its second album, Hang on Little Tomato.
In May 2007, it released its third album, Hey Eugene!.
A fourth studio album, Splendor in the Grass, followed on October 27, 2009.
Sympathique, Hang on Little Tomato and Hey Eugene! have all gone gold in France, Canada, Greece and Turkey; collectively, Pink Martini's records have sold more than two million copies worldwide.
On New Year's Eve 2005, Pink Martini performed live at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in Portland, Oregon. This performance was aired live on National Public Radio's Toast of the Nation, and in partnership with Oregon Public Broadcasting was recorded for a live DVD and later broadcast on US public broadcasting and French television.[citation needed] The DVD has been rereleased to retail as Discover the World: Live in Concert, featuring not only the full concert, but several vignettes and a short documentary of the band's history.
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. On June 1, 2007, the band appeared on the long-running BBC Two Later with Jools Holland TV music program. On June 14, 2007, Pink Martini performed on Late Show with David Letterman, performing "Hey Eugene".
Pink Martini played Walt Disney Concert Hall on New Year's Eve for the first two years it was open (2003/4 and 2004/5). They returned to play NYE there again in 2008/9.
In May 2009, the band recorded three concerts with the Oregon Symphony under the direction of Carlos Kalmar for the band’s fifth album … a symphonic record which is slated for a 2011 release.
Pink Martini songs appear in such films as In the Cut, Nurse Betty, Josie and the Pussycats, Tortilla Soup, Shanghai Kiss, Mary and Max, and Mr. & Mrs. Smith and have been used on television shows such as Dead Like Me, The Sopranos and The West Wing, among others.[citation needed] Their song "Una notte a Napoli" is an integral part of the Italian movie Mine Vaganti (2010), by the Italian-Turkish director Ferzan Özpetek. The song "No Hay Problema" is included as background/setup music for Microsoft's Windows Server 2003 and was also used as the background/setup music for an early build of Windows Longhorn, now known as Windows Vista.[citation needed]
In February 2011, the group's lead singer, China Forbes, recorded a video greeting to the European Space Agency's Italian astronaut, Paolo Nespoli, and Russian cosmonaut Aleksandr Kaleri, on board the International Space Station. The astronauts were preparing to oversee the docking of ESA's Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) cargo vessel, Johannes Kepler, which took place at 17:08 CET on 24 February. The greeting was set to the sound track of Dosvedanya Mio Bombino - one of Pink Martini's signature songs - and was mixed with footage of the actual docking.
In November 2011, they played at the Balboa Theater with the Bonita Vista High School band, Club Blue.
Anna
Pink Martini Lyrics
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Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
why llama a la mujer
Ya viene el negro zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compás
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿Chica, dónde vas?"
"¡Me voy a bailar, el baión!"
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compás
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿Chica, dónde vas?"
"¡Me voy a bailar, el baión!"
Ya viene el negro zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
why llama a la mujer
Ya viene el negro zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
why llama a la mujer
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compás
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿Chica, dónde vas?"
"¡Me voy a bailar, el baión!"
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compás
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿Chica, dónde vas?"
"¡Me voy a bailar, el baión!"
The song "Anna" was originally composed by Alfredo Alberto Brihuega in 1960, and the Pink Martini version was released in 1997 as part of their debut album "Sympathique". The song is sung in Spanish and is an upbeat dance tune that celebrates the joy of dancing and music. The lyrics describe a charismatic black man who is dancing joyously to the beat of the baión (a type of dance music), while the zambomba (a type of drum) keeps the rhythm and calls out to the women. The singer of the song expresses her desire to join the dance and follow the new rhythm, and as she walks down the street, people ask her where she's going, to which she responds: "I'm going to dance the baión!".
The song's cheerful and upbeat melody reflects the lively spirit of Latin American music and its potential to bring people together. The black man described in the song represents the joy and energy that music and dance can bring, and his presence in the lyrics transcends racial boundaries to welcome everyone who loves to dance. The repetition of the chorus and the use of simple, catchy phrases make the song an easy favorite for anyone who wants to sing and dance along.
Line by Line Meaning
Ya viene el negro zumbon
The lively and joyful man with dark skin is approaching
Bailando alegre el baion
Dancing joyfully to the rhythm of the baion
Repica la zambomba
The zambomba is being played with a repetitive beat
why llama a la mujer
And he calls out to the woman to join him in the dance
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compás
I have a strong desire to dance the new rhythm
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
Everyone says when they see me passing by
"¿Chica, dónde vas?"
"Girl, where are you going?"
¡Me voy a bailar, el baión!
I'm going to dance the baion!
Ya viene el negro zumbon
The lively and joyful man with dark skin is approaching
Bailando alegre el baion
Dancing joyfully to the rhythm of the baion
Repica la zambomba
The zambomba is being played with a repetitive beat
why llama a la mujer
And he calls out to the woman to join him in the dance
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compás
I have a strong desire to dance the new rhythm
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
Everyone says when they see me passing by
"¿Chica, dónde vas?"
"Girl, where are you going?"
¡Me voy a bailar, el baión!
I'm going to dance the baion!
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: F GIORDANO, R VATRO
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
@zumrut8110sanders
This song makes me dance…
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compás
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿Chica, dónde vas?"
"¡Me voy a bailar, el baión!"
Yeni ritimle dans etmek istiyorum
Herkes benim geçtiğimi görünce diyor ki
"Kızım, nereye gidiyorsun?"
"Dans edeceğim!”
@JackDeTate
bounce, fun, sophistication - just so
Anna (el negro zumbón)
Ya viene el negro zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
Y llama a la mujer
Ya viene el negro zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
Y llama a la mujer
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compass
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿ Dhica, donde vas?"
"Me voy a bailar, el baion!"
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compass
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿ Dhica, donde vas?"
"Me voy a bailar, el baion!"
Ya viene el negro zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
Y llama a la mujer
Ya viene el negro zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion
Repica la zambomba
Y llama a la mujer
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compass
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿ Chica, donde vas?"
"Me voy a bailar, el baion!"
Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo compass
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar
"¿ Chica, donde vas?"
"Me voy a bailar, el baion!"
Songwriters: R. Vatro, Original Italian, F. Giordano
For non-commercial use only.
Data From: Musixmatch
@dulcemariagilguero1439
No sé porque, pero ya hice está canción un himno, al tiempo que organizo y limpio mi hogar. I love pink Martini. Thank you all, you make me dance, you make dream.
@magnegue
Por la alegria que ella genera
@user-lc4pp7tz3k
❤❤
@vancouverterry9142
What voices, what an orchestra, what a song . . . it's life-giving.
@luisalfonsoperazanordahl1973
Hermoso está esto!! dicen Toros cuando me ven pasar, se trata de no ser perfectos, pero si, si muy alegres, bravo, bravo 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@renatonunes2550
I saw the movie in 1953 and adored watching Silvana Mangano acting. Great singing and dancing. It is a beautiful rhythm and I am enjoying again, seeing this new artist of today do it again so well. 69 years have passed by and it is still beautiful. It is a timeless piece.
@peperivas6972
Magnífica interpretación del Bayón de Ana (Silvana Mangano) recuerdo a mi mami cantarla en los 60. Abrazos desde España.
@mariomontesmoraga128
Yo también la escuchaba por esos años, de niño. Muy alegre y movida. Lindos recuerdos
@jeannalacubana10
Yo tambien!❤🎉
@gabrielehmig3345
Pink Martini, es una orquesta internacional de primer nivel. Sus integrantes principalmente el pianista es espectacular, sus dos cantantes igualmente tienen un excelente registro de voz, además que interpretan magistralmente sus canciones en diferentes idiomas. Un saludo fraterno y un inmenso abrazo de un admirador ecuatoriano🌹