Polaroid Photographs by Thomas Lauderdale 1 Derek Rieth + Nicholas Crosa—Cyprus, July 2009 2 MGM movie queen Jane Powell, glockenspielist Karen Brooks, queen of the triangle Kim Hastreiter of PAPER Magazine, members of the original cast of Sesame Street + Pink Martini outside the Roosevelt Hotel following 3 performances at the Hollywood Bowl—Los Angeles, September 2010 3 Conductor of the LA Philharmonic Thomas Wilkins, legendary French crooner Henri Salvador, China Forbes, Catherine Costa, Hollywood Bowl—Los Angeles, September 2007 4 The marquee of Le Grand Rex, record release concerts for Hang On Little Tomato—Paris, France, November 2004 5 Pink Martini’s North American team: Sam Feldman, Steve Macklam, Darrell Gilmour & Michelle Findlay of Macklam Feldman Management, Marilyn Rose of Ted Kurland & Associates, Tom Windish & Amy Davidman of The Windish Agency + William Tennant, Jason Mitchell & Peter Murray of Heinz Records outside the Pink Martini World Headquarters—Portland, Oregon, March 2011 6 Brian Davis—New York City 7 Thomas Lauderdale + Philip Iosca at the Conservatory of Flowers—San Francisco, 2006 8 Charles Fuller, Nicole Johnson, Grace Fong, Jun Iwasaki, Tom di Maria, Ari Shapiro, Faith Prince + Rebecca Mikesell outside Creative Growth Art Center— Oakland, California, June 2010 9 Kerby Lauderdale, DJ Johnny Dynell, Adam Levey, China Forbes, Peter Murray + Paige Powell outside our favorite L.A. hotel, the Beverly Laurel—Los Angeles, September 2007 10 Gus Van Sant + Harvey Rosencrantz the day they almost convinced Thomas + his piano teacher Silvia Killman to drive across the country—Portland, Oregon, 1996 11 Pink Martini + the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra after recording “How Long Will It Last” with Michael Feinstein at Kung Fu Bakery—Portland, Oregon, 2008 12 Hiroshi Wada in the studio during the recording of “Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu”—Tokyo, Japan, 2003 13 Our beloved Turkish promoter Sinan Nergis, trumpet player Justin Emerich + Derek Reith—Istanbul, Turkey 14 Boarding Turkish Airlines 15 Former manager John Brodie, President of Naïve Records Patrick Zelnik + China Forbes—Cannes, France, 2000 16 China Forbes + Rémy Kolpa Kopoul of Radio Nova—Paris, France 17 Pansy Chang, Brian Davis, Gavin Bondy on the plane to France 18 China Forbes, Robert Taylor + Friends—Damascus, Syria, 2008 19 Heinz with some roller-skaters on NW 19th Ave.—Portland, Oregon, 1995 20 Piano movers at the band’s first photo shoot—Portland, Oregon, 1996 21 Patrick Abbey + China Forbes filming the “fruit as adjectives” sequence for the “Sympathique” music video—Portland, Oregon, 1999 22 Alba Clemente + China Forbes in the studio recording “Una Notte A Napoli”—Portland, Oregon, June 2001 23 Emilio Delgado (Sesame Street’s Luis), Ariana Morgenstern, Ari Shapiro + Thomas Lauderdale at KCRW—Los Angeles, California, September 2009 24 Pansy Chang + Dan Faehnle (in the arms of Richard Rothfus) shortly after Pansy + Dan’s wedding—Palm Springs, California, 2001 25 Pink Martini’s fearless recording engineer Dave Friedlander in the studio—Portland, Oregon 26 Pete Plympton + Phil Baker 27 Thomas Lauderdale + Norman Leyden backstage at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall—Portland, Oregon 28 A game of boule—Cannes, France 29 School Children—Ankara, Turkey, 2004 30 Pink Martini on tour in Europe—Summer, 2005 31 Thomas Lauderdale + Heinz—just south of San Francisco, 1995 32 Elton John + Sharon Stone on stage during Pink Martini’s set at the Cannes Film Festival—Cannes, France, 1999 33 Hang On Little Tomato goes platinum in France—Paris, France, 2005 34 Isabel Toledo, China Forbes + Reuben Toledo—New York City 35 Doug Smith, China Forbes, A Friend, Phil Baker, Jeff Budin, Martin ZarZar + Derek Reith—Omaha, Nebraska 36 The crowd on Thomas’ birthday—Lyon, France, July 14, 2005 37 China Forbes—just outside Fresno, California 38 Impromptu photo shoot during Pink Martini’s first tour outside of Oregon. At Ft. Point, under the Golden Gate Bridge—San Francisco, California, 1997 39 Heinz in the Nash Una Notte A Napoli (First Recording) Hey Eugene and members of the Harvey Rosencrantz Orchestra: Inés Voglar, Joy Fabos, Ma Solitude (featuring Georges Moustaki) previously unreleased from the album Hey Eugene! Paloma Griffin, Julie Coleman, Gregory Ewer & Jun Iwasaki, violin; Jennifer from Georges Moustaki’s album Solitaire Arnold, Joël Belgique & Charles Noble, viola; Heather Blackburn & Justin Music by China Forbes & Thomas M. Lauderdale Music and lyrics by China Forbes Kagan, cello Music and lyrics by Georges Moustaki Lyrics by Alba Clemente, Johnny Dynell, China Forbes & Thomas M. Lauderdale Published by Wow & Dazzle Music (BMI) Recorded by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon. Mixed Published by SDRM by Dave Friedlander at Studio de la grande armée in Paris, France Published by Wow & Dazzle Music (BMI) and China Forbes, vocals & tambourine; Tracey Harris (solo) & Doris Smith, backup Georges Moustaki appears courtesy of EMI France Thomas M. Lauderdale Music (ASCAP) vocals; Dan Faehnle, guitars; Robert Taylor, trombone; Gavin Bondy, trumpet; Phil Baker, upright bass; Mike Horsfall, vibraphone; Thomas M. Lauderdale, Kikuchiyo To Mohshimasu (The Hiroshi Wada Mix) Georges Moustaki, vocals & guitar; China Forbes, vocals; Thomas M. Alba Clemente, narrator; China Forbes, vocals; Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano; piano & Fender Rhodes; Brian Davis, drums; Martin Zarzar, percussion; previously unreleased Lauderdale, piano Nicholas Crosa, violin Paloma Griffin & Nicholas Crosa, violins; Pansy Chang, cello Music by Yoichi Suzuki. Lyrics by Michio Yamagami Recorded by Dave Friedlander at Super Digital in Portland, Oregon, and Recorded and mixed by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Recorded and mixed by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Djoum in Paris Oregon Oregon Published by Victor Entertainment, Inc., Japan Mixed by Djoum in Paris Hiroshi Wada, slide guitar; China Forbes, vocals; Masumi Timson, koto; Hang On Little Tomato La Soledad Kazunori Asano, acoustic guitar & ukulele; Dan Faehnle, electric guitar; John Mas Que Nada (featuring Saori Yuki) from the album Hang On Little Tomato from the album Sympathique Wager, bass; Martin Zarzar, bongos; Doug Smith, vibes & percussion; Osao from the album 1969 Murata, organ; Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano & keyboards Music and lyrics by Patrick Abbey, China Forbes Music and lyrics by Pepe Raphael with Thomas M. Lauderdale Music and lyrics by Jorge Ben & Thomas M. Lauderdale with excerpts from the “Andante Spianato” by Fredric Chopin. Recorded and mixed by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Oregon. Additional recording at Little Bach Recording Studio, Tokyo, Japan: Published by Peer International Corporation Published by Bug Music, Wow & Dazzle Music (BMI) Published by Geisha Boy Productions and Thomas M. Lauderdale Music Teruo Yamaguchi, recording engineer; Tadashi Hashimoto, assistant engineer; and Thomas M. Lauderdale Music (ASCAP) (ASCAP) Noriko Honda Saori Yuki appears courtesy of EMI Japan Norman Leyden, clarinet; China Forbes, vocals; Dan Faehnle, guitar; Paloma Pepe Raphael, vocals; David Eby, cello; John Wager, bass; Thomas M. Saori Yuki, vocals; Tim Jensen, flute; Gavin Bondy, trumpet; Robert Taylor, Griffin, violin; Pansy Chang, cello; Phil Baker, upright bass; Doug Smith, Lauderdale, piano; Brian Davis, shaker; Doug Smith, clave & shaker; Richard Anna (el negro zumbon) trombone; Dan Faehnle, guitars; Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano; Jorge Alabe, drums; Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano Rothfus, shaker from the album Hang on Little Tomato reco reco; Anthony Jones, drums Recorded and mixed by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, Recorded by Clark Stiles and Pete Plympton at Stiles Recording Studio in Music by Francesco Giordano. Lyrics by Roman Vatro Recorded and mixed by Dave Friedlander at Super Digital in Portland, Oregon Oregon Portland, Oregon. Mixed by Dave Friedlander at Whitehorse Studios in Portland, Oregon Published by Hollis Music, Inc Sympathique ¿Donde Estas Yolanda? (China Forbes Vocal Version) China Forbes, vocals; Timothy Nishimoto, vocals; Dan Faehnle, guitars; Gavin from the album Sympathique from the album Sympathique Splendor In The Grass Bondy, trumpet; Robert Taylor, trombone; Phil Baker, upright bass; Doug from the album Splendor In The Grass Smith, vibes & percussion; Derek Rieth, surdo & percussion; Brian Davis, Music and lyrics by China Forbes and Thomas M. Lauderdale Music and lyrics by Manuel Jiménez percussion; Martin Zarzar, drums; Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano Music and lyrics by Alex Marashian & Thomas M. Lauderdale Published by Wow & Dazzle Music (BMI) / Thomas M. Lauderdale Music Published by EMI Blackwood Music o/b/o EMI Musical S.A. The boys in the chorus: Gavin Bondy, Brian Davis, Thomas M. Lauderdale, (ASCAP). After the poem “Hotel” by Guillaume Apollinaire, published by Published by Alex Marashian Music and Thomas M. Lauderdale Music Timothy Nishimoto, Derek Rieth, Doug Smith, Robert Taylor, Martin Zarzar Editions Gallimard China Forbes, vocals; Gavin Bondy, trumpet & vocals; Robert Taylor, trombone (ASCAP). Inspired by the melody “Burning Bridges” by Lalo Schifrin. Excerpt & Heinz, the barking dog & vocals; Dan Faehnle, guitar; Thomas M. Lauderdale, piano & vocals; Brian from “Piano Concerto #1” by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky China Forbes, vocals; Gavin Bondy, trumpet; Dan Faehnle, guitar; John Wager, Davis, congas, percussion & vocals; Doug Smith, guiro & vocals; Richard Recorded and mixed by Dave Friedlander at Kung Fu Bakery in Portland, bass;