Derek Rieth was a founding member of Pink Martini, a Portland-based band that was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in June. "All of us in Pink Martini have studied different languages as well as different styles of music from different parts of the world," says Lauderdale. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Music from around the world has also inspired them, including French chanson, Afro-Cuban salsa, Argentinian tango, Brazilian samba and bossa nova, Italian folk, Greek rembetiko, Middle Eastern music, and Asian music. Group members call it a little orchestra that crosses several styles, such as classical, traditional pop, latin and jazz . 1969 has been certified platinum in Japan, reaching No. ''I wanted to do something interesting for people, but not imposing, which has constantly been the problem down there.''. In November 2010 the band released Joy to the World, a festive, multi-denominational holiday album featuring songs from around the globe. All five albums have gone gold in France, Canada, Greece, and Turkey and have sold well over 2.5 million copies worldwide.[10]. Bésame Mucho, with Edna Vazquez singing, features her original powerhouse “Sola Soy” alongside classic Spanish repertoire, like the title track, and “Quizás, quizás, quizás.” Tomorrow features vocalist Jimmie Herrod on a soaring version of the title track (famous from the musical Annie) alongside other repertoire, including the single “Exodus” which has been bringing audiences to their feet at Pink Martini concerts. Forbes, though fluent only in English, sings in 15 different languages. The co-lead vocalists of Pink Martini are China Forbes and Storm Large. [9] The greeting was set to the soundtrack of Dosvedanya Mio Bombino—one of Pink Martini's signature songs—and was mixed with footage of the docking. Artist descriptions on Last.fm are editable by everyone. Since 1997, the group have been touring around the world playing concerts in the United States, Japan, Europe and many other places. In February 2011, 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. In 1994 in his hometown of Portland, Oregon, Thomas Lauderdale was working in politics, with the intention of eventually running for office. In November 2010 the band released Joy to the World, a festive, multi-denominational holiday album featuring songs from around the globe. 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 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. 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 earned the group nominations for "Song of the Year" and "Best New Artist" in France's Victoires de la Musique Awards in 2000. 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. This version of the album features the band's popular arrangement of Ravel's "Bolero", which had to be removed from the original album, and was reinstated on the 20th Anniversary Edition after entering the public domain. Zoo officials estimated about 2,900 people were on hand. One year later, Lauderdale called China Forbes, a Harvard classmate who was living in New York City, and asked her to join Pink Martini. On a warm Friday evening, under partly cloudy skies, the band dedicated their show at the zoo to Rieth. in 2007 and Splendor in the Grass in 2009. Derek Rieth was a founding member of Pink Martini, a Portland-based band that was inducted into the Hollywood Bowl's Hall of Fame in June. m_gallery_permalink = "http://photos.oregonlive.com/4450/gallery/pink_martini/index.html"; Portland collective who's as comfortable with French chanson and Portuguese fado as it is with swing music and film soundtracks. Henry Weins, also watching the show, said he hadn't heard about Rieth's death until Thomas Lauderdale, Pink Martini's founder, announced it at the beginning of the show. Heinz Records is also the label for China Forbes, Storm Large, and the Von Trapps. In 2004, Pink Martini founder/pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale (b. July 14, 1970, Oakland, California) articulated the band's global outlook perfectly when he said: "I think it's important to be a citizen of the world as opposed to being a citizen of this particular country.