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In the Pink: Portland-based “Little Orchestra”: Celebrates 30 years
By Steven Libowitz   |   December 17, 2024

If there were no Pee-wee Herman, there probably wouldn’t have been a Pink Martini.  The official story behind the campy, cosmopolitan, globe-trotting, multi-cultural jazz jubilee/baroque pop band is that founder Thomas Lauderdale, at the time a politico who planned to run for mayor of Portland, Oregon, created the ensemble after being annoyed at the vanilla […]