
Hang On Little Tomato, released in 2004, features more original songs covers include "Anna (El Negro Zumbón)" by Francesco Giordano and Roman Vatro, "Kikuchiyo to Mohshimasu" (Yoichi Suzuki, Michio Yamagami), and Heitor Villa-Lobos ' "Song of the Black Swan (O canto do cysne negro)". The album includes three original tracks, "Sympathique", "La Soledad", and "Lullaby" cover versions include Ernesto Lecuona's " Amado Mio", Maurice Ravel's " Boléro", " Brazil" ( Ary Barroso), " Never on Sunday" ( Manos Hatzidakis), and " Que Sera Sera" by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans. Their debut album Sympathique was released through the group's own independent record label, Heinz Records, in 1997 – subsequent recordings were also released through Heinz. Formed by Thomas Lauderdale in 1994, the group that has been described as a "mini-orchestra" performs songs of many music genres in multiple languages by lead vocalist China Forbes. The American musical group Pink Martini, based in Portland, Oregon, has recorded songs for six studio albums, one compilation album, and one video album featuring live concert footage.
