Pink Martini

Pink Martini – Hey Eugene!

The early 60’s snapshot of a cigarette-flicking, freshly made-up and party-outfitted redhead should clue you into the mind frame of the Pink Martini’s new album, Hey Eugene, and their signature sound: an orchestrated prelude to a night out culled from yesterday’s jukebox. The dreamy, string-glistening and soft vocal opening track “Everywhere” recalls MGM’s golden era with its rich melody, something Dorthey would have cooed to distraught Toto. The upbeat starts with Carmen Miranda’s 1934 rumba “Tempo Perdido”, then continues to hopscotch across the globe for its playlist. “Taya Tan” is a sultry Japanese nugget that envisions James Bond at play in the Orient and with a twenty-five member choir, Pink Martini translates the Arabic number “Bukra Wba’do” into a Rodgers & Hammerstein show tune, without the slightest hint of schmaltz. Billy Holiday’s favorite vocalist, Jimmy Scott, close the night with his baby soft whispering soprano that practical seduces those high heels off for you.