Pink Martini - Je dis oui!

A rollicking around-the-world adventure, Pink Martini’s ninth studio album Je dis oui! features a cavalcade of songs – many of them original – in French, Farsi, Armenian, Portuguese, Arabic, Turkish, Xhosa and English, and affirms the band’s 22-year history of global inclusivity and collaborative spirit.

Je dis oui! – which means “I say yes” in French – is the optimistic mantra of the chorus of “Joli garçon” (“Pretty boy”), one of three songs co-written by the band for the  film Souvenir, starring the legendary French actress Isabelle Huppert. In addition to songs sung by lead singers China Forbes and Storm Large, the album includes guest vocalists Ari Shapiro and Rufus Wainwright, who sings a stunning version of the Rodgers & Hart classic “Blue Moon.”  The album also marks the singing debut of two long-time friends of the band: fashion guru Ikram Goldman and civil rights activist Kathleen Saadat.

This vinyl edition produced by Heinz Records in 2016.

TRACKLISTING:
1. Joli Garcon
2. The Butterfly Song
3. Kaj Kolah Khan
4. OV Sirun Sirun
5. Love For Sale
6. Solidao
7.  Al Bint Al Shalabiya
8. Souvenir
9. Askin Baharda
10. Finnisma Dl
11. Segundo
12. Blue Moon
13. Fini la Musique
14. Pata pata
15. Serenade