Pink Martini

Pink Martini is a band from Portland, Oregon, consisting of 12 band members. The band was brought together by Thomas M Lauderdale in 1994. They blend together such diverse genres of music as Samba, Classical, Jazz and even Trip-Hop.

Pink Martini is a band from Portland, Oregon, consisting of 12 band members. The band was brought together by Thomas M Lauderdale in 1994. They blend together such diverse genres of music as Samba, Classical, Jazz and even Trip-Hop.

Their debut album, Sympathique, was released on Pink Martini's own label, Heinz Records (named after Lauderdale's dog) in 1997. Over 650,000 copies of the record have been sold worldwide, and the band has performed at the Cannes Film Festival (their European debut), and went on to tour France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Switzerland, Monte Carlo, Greece, Turkey, Taiwan, Lebanon and the United States, among other countries.