Jimmie Herrod and Pink Martini perform "Pata Pata"...

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"Pata Pata" is the exuberant song written and made famous by South African singer Miriam Makeba, which was covered by Pink Martini on the band's album "Je dis oui!". This performance features Jimmie Herrod on vocals and dance moves, Achilles Liarmarkopoulos on trombone, and Dan Faehnle on guitar.

LYRICS

Saguquka sathi ‘bheka’
Nants’ iPata Pata
Saguquka sathi ‘bheka’
Nants’ iPata Pata

Yiyo mama, yiyo mama
Nants’ iPata Pata
Yiyo mama, yiyo mama
Nants’ iPata Pata

Pata Pata is the name of the dance
We do down Johannesburg where
And everybody starts to move
As soon as Pata Pata starts to play

Saguquka sathi ‘bheka’
Nants’ iPata Pata
Saguquka sathi ‘bheka’
Nants’ iPata Pata

Yiyo mama, yiyo mama
Nants’ iPata Pata
Yiyo mama, yiyo mama
Nants’ iPata Pata

Every Friday and Saturday Night
It’s Pata Pata time!
The dance keeps going all night long
Til’ the morning sun begins to shine!

Saguquka sathi ‘bheka’
Nants’ iPata Pata
Saguquka sathi ‘bheka’
Nants’ iPata Pata

Yiyo mama, yiyo mama
Nants’ iPata Pata
Yiyo mama, yiyo mama
Nants’ iPata Pata

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English Translation:

So we grooved and said: "Check it out!"
This is the Pata Pata...
So we grooved and said: "Check it out!"
This is the Pata Pata...

That’s it, lady!
This is the Pata Pata…
That’s it, lady!
This is the Pata Pata…

Pata Pata is the name of the dance
We do down Johannesburg where
And everybody starts to move
As soon as Pata Pata starts to play

So we grooved and said: "Check it out!"
This is the Pata Pata...
So we grooved and said: "Check it out!"
This is the Pata Pata...

That’s it, lady!
This is the Pata Pata…
That’s it, lady!
This is the Pata Pata…

Every Friday and Saturday Night
It’s Pata Pata time!
The dance keeps going all night long
Til’ the morning sun begins to shine!

So we grooved and said: "Check it out!"
This is the Pata Pata...
So we grooved and said: "Check it out!"
This is the Pata Pata...

That’s it, lady!
This is the Pata Pata…
That’s it, lady!
This is the Pata Pata…


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Pink Martini and Storm Large are on tour!

Released in 2013, Get Happy finally marked the recording debut for the one and only Storm Large, our already beloved co-lead singer and frequent live show guest at the time. This performance was recorded on September 2011 at the beautiful Chateau Ste. Michelle in Washington state.



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See Pink Martini live! Check our upcoming shows at http://pinkmartini.com/tour. And get tickets to see Edna live at https://ednavazquez.com/#shows!

"Sola Soy" is an original song, written and performed her by regular Pink Martini guest singer, Edna Vazquez. Born in Veracruz, Mexico, Edna Vazquez has been touring with Pink Martini since 2017. This performance also features Dan Faehnle on electric guitar, and bandleader Thomas Lauderdale on piano.

LYRICS (Spanish)

Sola, sola he quedado
Para enfrentarme sólo a mi
Con mis demonios, santos
Que me bloquean esta esencia que no se quién es

Sola voy caminando
Sola he venido

Sola me voy
Viento de las esencias
Guía mi vida

A ser quien soy

Déjame, ser lo que sea
No pongo resistencia
Dime, háblame suave
Ya quiero oírme/oírte
Vuelve


LYRICS (English)

Alone, alone I remain
To face only myself
With my demon-saints
That block my essence
That I still don’t know

Alone, I walk
I came here alone
And alone I will leave
Winds of our nature
Guide my life
To be who I am

Let me be what I will
I will not resist
Tell me, speak to me softly
I want to hear you already
Return! 

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The Official Pink Martini Store: http://store.pinkmartini.com/

#pinkmartini #ednavazquez #solasoy

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Pink Martini is on tour! Tickets are on sale now at pinkmartini.com/tour!

Excerpted from Pink Martini's October 8, 2025 concert at the picturesque Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts, this song is always a highlight of the night! Featuring Storm Large, Ari Shapiro, Jimmie Herrod, and Edna Vazquez on vocals, "Brasil" is the classic Pink Martini concert encore. The song, written by Ary Barroso in 1939, has closed nearly every concert the band has ever performed, and fans of the band know that its opening notes are the cue to start a conga line through the concert hall or arena. Pink Martini's studio version of the song first appeared on the band's debut album "Sympathique."

LYRICS

Brasil - where hearts were entertaining June
We stood beneath an amber moon
And softly murmured “someday soon”
We kissed and clung together

Then tomorrow was another day
The morning found us miles away
With still a million things to say

And now when twilight dims the skies above
Recalling thrills of our love
There’s one thing I am certain of
Return, I will, to old Brasil

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#pinkmartini #stormlarge #brasil #encore #bigband #bigbandmusic #jazz

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Pink Martini is on tour! Tickets are on sale now at pinkmartini.com/tour/

Excerpted from Pink Martini's live concert at SFJAZZ in San Francisco, the band's inimitable arrangement of Ravel's famous "Bolero" was featured on the band's debut album "Sympathique," and has long been an audience favorite in concert.



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Storm Large sings "Kaj Kolah Khan" with Pink Martini in Athens, Greece.

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The one and only Storm Large singing Googoosh's classic "Kaj Kolah Khan"

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Don't miss Pink Martini with Storm Large on tour in 2026! Tickets on sale now at: http://pinkmartini.com/shows/

"Kaj Kolah Khan" is Pink Martini's cover of a song in Farsi, originally made famous in the early 1970s by the Persian superstar Googoosh. The song appears on Pink Martini's 2016 studio album Je dis oui! and features Storm Large on lead vocals and bandleader Thomas Lauderdale on piano.
Music by Babak Afshar, lyrics by Touradj Negahban

LYRICS
(and English translation)

ابرو به من کج نکن
کج کلاه خان یارمه
خوشکلمو خوشکل
دلها گرفتارمه
یکه زن و یکه سوارم
هیچ کجا رغیب ندارم
عاشق اسب سفیدم
دختری چابک سوارم
گیسو نگو کمند والله
چینو چینو بلند والله

پریشون دارم
تا که پریشون بشی
عشوه فراوون دارم
از نوک پا تا به سر

وقتی خمار می کنم
چشمامو تو اون چشات
اونو شکار می کنم
دل اگه سنگم باشه

ENGLISH TRANSLATION:

Don’t furrow your eyebrows at me
I’m with the guy in the crooked hat
I am beautiful, I am beautiful
I’ve left many broken hearts in my path
I am a lone rider, I’m a maverick
I have no rival anywhere
I love white stallions
I am a very good jockey girl
Long hair, like a lasso
With endless waves and curls

To mesmerize you
I’ve got locks for days
From head to toe
I’m a flirting machine

When I line up my gaze
And mesmerize you with a look
Even if you have heart of stone
I’ll have your heart


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The Official Pink Martini Store: http://store.pinkmartini.com/

#pinkmartini #stormlarge #kajkolahkhan #googoosh #iranianmusic

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