In 2009, he recorded the song "But Now I'm Back" with Pink Martini on the band's fourth album, Splendor in the Grass.
Emilio's latest creative endeavor has been to sing and record with the internationally popular band Pink Martini.
As a song writer, Dynell has also collaborated with Malcolm McLaren and Pink Martini on “Una Notte a Napoli”.
The song has been recorded and performed by the Portland-based lounge orchestra Pink Martini, the multilingual rock group Hip Hop Hoodios, the London-based jazz flamenco group Los Desterrados, the female a cappella ensemble Vocolot, Hazzan Alberto Mizrahi ("the Pavarotti of modern Jewish cantorial music") and Yasmin Levy, an Israeli singer-songwriter of Judaeo-Spanish (Ladino) music.
Producer Chiccareli had become acquainted with Mercer while in Portland, Oregon, working with Pink Martini.
This song was included in the Pink Martini Christmas album Joy to the World released in 2010, under the title "Congratulations - A Happy New Year Song" with vocals by China Forbes and Timothy Yuji Nishimoto.
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Named after Lauderdale's dog, Heinz Records has released all Pink Martini albums: Sympathique (1997), Hang on Little Tomato (2004), Hey Eugene! (2007), Splendor in the Grass (2009), Joy to the World (Pink Martini album) (2010), A Retrospective (Pink Martini album) (2011) and 1969 (Pink Martini album) (2011).
The festival also hosts "cross-over" or popular acts like Garrison Keillor, Savion Glover, Pink Martini, and PDQ Bach.