Janie Barnett Sings the Songs of Cole Porter: An Unlikely Renegade The Village Trip
About This Event
Janie Barnett brings a rock and pop sensibility to Cole Porter’s Broadway and film songs in a Village-focused program at The Bitter End. Drawing on Porter’s urbane narrative detail and rhythmic precision, Barnett shapes standards around lyric, groove and forward motion, treating the material as songcraft rather than museum repertoire.
About Songs of Cole Porter(song)
At The Bitter End, Janie Barnett revisits Cole Porter’s Broadway and film repertoire with rock/pop arrangements, treating the lyric as the main instrument. Porter’s particular New York story runs through the set: a writer whose songs helped define the city’s mid-century nightlife, theater district, and cosmopolitan wit, long before they became standards for jazz improvisers. Barnett’s approach emphasizes Porter’s rhythmic engineering and narrative detail, showing how durable these songs are when removed from their original settings.
About the Artists
Janie Barnett Sings the Songs of Cole Porter: An Unlikely Renegade The Village Trip
Janie Barnett brings a rock/pop sensibility to Cole Porter’s Broadway and film catalog, shaping standards around lyric, groove, and forward motion. In her Village-focused program at The Bitter End, Porter’s tight internal rhymes and rhythmic engineering become the organizing principle rather than period ornament.
Janie Barnett
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Cole Porter
Cole Porter is an American composer and songwriter whose Broadway and film work left a deep imprint on the jazz repertoire. In New York City, his catalog is frequently revisited at Dizzy’s Club, including programs like Songbook Sundays built around his songs.