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Concert at Portland - Part 1 of 6

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Pink Martini - Concert at Portland - Part 1 of 6
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I haven't heard that second song presented in the above video

since the 1950's. I liked it and still do.

Anna was a sensuous Italian movie for the year 1951.

I think it was on the Catholic Legion of Decency List.

My parents took me to see it,

probably not knowing it was on the list, but I did.

It was a mortal sin, so I had to confess it

to a Holy Pure straight priest, I hope! --- hank

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Silvana Mangano (el negro zumbon) from ANNA movie of 1951

FOUND ON YOU TUBE

Now comes the black zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion The merry dancing Baiona
Repica la zambomba The chiming zambomba
Y llama a la mujer And calls to women

Ya viene el negro zumbon Now comes the black zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion The merry dancing Baiona
Repica la zambomba The chiming zambomba
Y llama a la mujer And calls to women

Tengo gana de bailar el nuevo comp?s I want to dance the new comp? S
Dicen todos cuando me ven pasar Tell everyone when they see me pass
"?Chica, d?nde vas?" "? Girl, d? Nde you going?"
"?Me voy a bailar, el bai?n!" ? "I'm going to dance, the bai? No!"

Ya viene el negro zumbon Now comes the black zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion The merry dancing Baiona
Repica la zambomba The chiming zambomba
Y llama a la mujer And calls to women

Ya viene el negro zumbon Now comes the black zumbon
Bailando alegre el baion The merry dancing Baiona
Repica la zambomba The chiming zambomba
Y llama a la mujer And call the woman

Pink Martini - Concert at Portland - Part 6 of 6
Uploaded by blackethylene

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Cindy, that was so great. I love the Latin beat and music,

and Brazil is among my top ten songs to hear over and over

again. The vocalist is good, sweet and luscious. The piano player

is great, even if he does beat up on the piano. Since it is a

good piano, it can take it. I felt like getting up and dancing.

Great entertainment. It reminds me of my dancing days with

Joan, when we double dated with Rocco Menta, who knew

all the great Latin places in New York City. Joan and I especially

liked El Chico's on Grove St. in Greenwich village, although the

music was not on such a grand scale as the Pink Martini

orchestra.

Cindy, once again, you have sent me a reference to my kind of

music.

Eugene was well done, but was not a melody and song that

makes me want to hear it again.

I will be looking at the other Pink Martini videos, in the nights to

come.

----- Thanks - hank

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From Cindy,

Flipping through the channels one night in 2006, we found this concert on PBS. We fell in love with Pink Martini!! The link below is part 6 of 6 of the concert that was played on PBS. If you have the time, it is worth watching the other 5 parts of the full concert on www.dailymotion.com. China Forbes is a beautiful singer.

From Wikipedia:
China Forbes (born April 29, 1970) is an American singer and songwriter, best known as the lead singer of Pink Martini. Forbes was born and raised in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her father is American of French/Scottish descent, and her mother is African American. She attended Phillips Exeter Academy ('88), then studied visual arts at Harvard University, where she met fellow student Thomas M. Lauderdale, a classically-trained pianist. They became friends and met regularly to play music together.

After graduating from Harvard in 1992, where she won the Jonathan Levy Prize for acting, Forbes worked as an actress for several years, performing off-Broadway in New York. She then became a musician, forming a band and recording a solo album. She sang the title song ("Ordinary Girl") for the late 1990s television series Clueless and the version of "Que Sera Sera" used over the opening and closing credits of Jane Campion's 2003 film In the Cut.

Lauderdale, who by then was living in Portland, Oregon, asked her to sing with Pink Martini, a band he had assembled to play at political fundraisers in Portland. After three years, she moved to Portland in 1998 to work full-time with the band.

Pink Martini is a "little orchestra" from Portland, Oregon, formed in 1994 by pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale. They blend such diverse genres of music as Latin, lounge, classical, and jazz. Their music has often been described as "vintage music", a descriptive which reflects the content, style and period inspiring many of their songs.

Pink Martini - Amado Mio and Brazil
http://www.dailymotion.com/blackethylene/video/x69zax_pink-martini-concert-at-portland-pa_music

Pink Martini - Hey Eugene
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vf4X6WKPtk