Splendor in the Grass - Pink Martini ft. China Forbes | Live from Stuttgart - 2010

Pink Martini is on tour in 2023! Tickets are on sale now at: Excerpted from Pink Martini’s live appearance on German television, from the JazzOpen Stuttgart festival, recorded on July 19, 2010. “Splendor in the Grass“ is an original single, the title track from Pink Martini’s fourth studio album, featuring vocalist China Forbes. The song was written by bandleader Thomas M. Lauderdale and his good friend Alex Marashian, the producer of the album, and features a famous instrumental melody from the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23. LYRICS: I can see you’re thinking, baby I’ve been thinking too Thinking that the time has come To start our life anew Maybe I’m a hopeless dreamer Maybe I’ve got it wrong But I’m going where the grass is green If you’d like to come along Back when I was starting out I always wanted more But ev’ry time I got it I still felt just like before Fortune is a fickle friend I’m tired of chasing fame And when I look into your eyes I know you feel the same All these years of living large Are starting to do us in I won’t say it wasn’t fun But now it has to end Life is moving oh-so-fast But I think we should take it slow Rest our heads upon the grass And listen to it grow Going where the hills are green And the cars are few and far Days are full of splendor At night you can see the stars Life’s been moving oh-so-fast I think we should take it slow Rest our heads upon the grass And listen to it grow LINEUP: Thomas M. Lauderdale - bandleader, piano China Forbes - lead vocals Gavin Bondy - trumpet Robert Taylor - trombone Phil Baker - upright bass Dan Faehnle - guitar Nicholas Crosa - violin Pansy Chang - cello Timothy Nishimoto - vocals and percussion Brian Davis - percussion Derek Rieth - percussion Martin Zarzar - drums FIND PINK MARTINI ONLINE: Patreon Fan Club: Instagram: Facebook: Twitter: Spotify: Apple Music: SoundCloud: bandcamp: Website: Pink Martini Shop: #PinkMartini #SplendorintheGrass #ChinaForbes #SplendorintheGrassALBUM #ThomasLauderdale #piano #vocals #singer #uprightbass #bass #guitar #violin #trumpet #trombone #drums #percussion #vocals #vocalist #backupvocals #mic #jazz #bigband #classical #jazzmusic #classicalmusic #PinkMartiniLIVE #HeinzRecords #theLittleOrchestra #livemusic #LivePerformance #PhilBaker #DanFaehnle #NicholasCrosa #GavinBondy #RobertTaylor #AndrewBorger #MiguelBernal #BrianDavis #ReinhardtMelz #TimothyNishimoto #AntonisAndreou #PansyChang #MartinZarzar #AnthonyJones #KyleMustain #DerekRieth #DerekRiethFoundation #StormLarge #PortlandOregon #Portland #PortlandOR #Portlandmusic #Portlandband