Pink Martini featuring China Forbes and Andrew Bird Trio

The Hollywood Bowl’s favorite globetrotting “little orchestra,” helmed by pianist Thomas Lauderdale, returns to the stage at the start of their 30th anniversary year for two nights of big, bold, genre-defying songs that traverse time and geography. Featuring lead singer China Forbes, this band is “impressive at every musician’s station,” as Variety says, “the ensemble produces music that’s charming and elegant.”

Led by internationally acclaimed, Grammy-nominated multi-instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Andrew Bird, the Andrew Bird Trio features Alan Hampton and Ted Poor. Bird’s new album, Sunday Morning Put-On, features unique takes on classics from the Great American Songbook, finding him re-immersed in a lifelong love of mid-century, small group jazz.