Re-imagining Cole Porter
An Americana Performance
Americana artist Janie Barnett has long nurtured the dream of ushering Cole Porter’s songs of lust and longing into a roots music setting. These sultry arrangements, which can be performed with 3-6 musicians, can shine in a vibe-full club setting, a city winery, or a Performing Arts Center. See below for the iconic guests on this project, marquee players and duet partners.
The Cole Porter songbook is packed with love, divine sexual innuendo, wit and wisdom. Barnett has taken these exotic, quixotic and downright folksy songs and set them spinning in a hybrid Americana/Jazz landscape. The fiddle, the banjo, the old Gibson,the upright piano, the upright bass. And the dobro…that’s the longing right there.
Take a listen to the album here. Scroll below the tracks to see a list of the special guests.
About the Special Guests
Janie’s dream was to tap some of her friends and favorite players in Nashville and New York City, and that wish list became a reality.
Please scroll below for specific song credits.
These extraordinary musicians are:
Artist LARRY CAMPBELL pedal steel (Dylan, Levon Helm, Larry Campbell and Theresa Williams); artist RANDY BRECKER flugel horn (Brecker Bros); artist CATHERINE RUSSELL guest duet; VIKTOR KRAUSS upright (Lyle Lovett, Alison Krauss); JERRY DOUGLAS dobro (Alison Krauss, Emmylou Harris); artist SIERRA HULL mandolin; STUART DUNCAN fiddle (Reba McEntyre, Alison Krauss, Chris Thile); artist ANDY SNITZER saxophone (Chris Botti, Paul Simon); KEITH SEWELL guest duet, banjo (Lyle Lovett, Dixie Chicks); artist BILL FRISELL guitar; NICKI RICHARDS guest duet (Madonna, Steely Dan); artist JAMES MADDOCK guest duet; artist CLIFF EBERHARDT guest duet, dobro; JUSTIN STANTON trumpet (Snarky Puppy); JOHN PATITUCCI upright bass (Chick Corea); DAVID IMMERGLUCK mandolin (Counting Crows, John Hyatt); MATT ROLLINGS piano (Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson, Mary Chapin Carpenter); artist PATTY LARKIN guitar; artist ABBIE GARDNER dobro (Red Molly); DAVID MANSFIELD fiddle (Dylan, Bruce Hornsby); artist DARRYL TOOKES guest duet; (Sting, Earth,Wind and Fire); RICHARD HAMMOND upright bass (Joan Osborne, Patti Austin); BEN STIVERS piano (Lyle Lovett, Chris Botti, Bee Gees); LARRY SALTZMAN guitar, dobro (Paul Simon, Blue Nile, Bette Midler); DUKE LEVINE guitar, mandola (Peter Wolf, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash); GARY SCHREINER accordion, chromatic harmonica (Rosanne Cash, Joan Osborne); artist KENNY WHITE piano (Peter Wolf, Judy Collins); artist RACHELLE GARNIER accordion (Vicki Kristina Barcelona); ANTOINE SILVERMAN fiddle
Contact
Artist Direct: janie@janiebarnett.com
Credits
Produced by Janie Barnett
Mixed by Michael Golub
Engineered by: JB, Roman Klun, Bennett Paster, Brent Truitt, and the musicians in their home studios
Mastered by Alan Silverman at Arf! Mastering
I’ve Got You Under My Skin
from Born To Dance, 1936
JB: vocal, guitar
Duke Levine: guitar, mandola
Jerry Douglas: dobro
Night and Day
from The Gay Divorcee, 1934
JB: vocal, guitar
Keith Sewell: guest vocal, banjo
Sierra Hull: mandolin
Stuart Duncan: fiddle
Viktor Krauss: upright bass
In The Still Of The Night
from Rosalee, 1937
JB: vocal, guitar
Larry Campbell: pedal steel
Jerry Douglas: dobro
Stuart Duncan: fiddle
Viktor Krauss: upright bass
Ev’ry Time We Say Goodbye
from Seven Lively Arts, 1944
JB: vocal
Ben Stivers: piano
Antoine Silverman: fiddle
Richard Hammond: upright bass
You Do Something To Me
from Fifty Million Frenchmen, 1929
JB: vocal, guitar|
Nikki Richards: guest vocal
Bill Frisell: guitar
Stuart Duncan: fiddle
Viktor Krauss: upright bass
True Love
from High Society, 1955
JB: vocal, guitar
Cliff Eberhardt: guest vocal, dobro
Kenny White: piano
Richard Hammond: upright bass
Begin The Beguine
from Jubilee, 1935
JB: vocal, guitar
Larry Campbell: pedal steel
Randy Brecker: flugel horn
Richard Hammond: upright bass
Mind If I Make Love To You
from High Society, 1955
JB: vocal, guitar
James Maddock: guest vocal, guitar
David Immergluck: mandolin
Michael Golub: programming
From This Moment On
from Out Of This World, 1950
JB: vocal, guitar,
Matt Rollings: piano
Stuart Duncan: fiddle
Duke Levine: mandola
Viktor Krauss: upright bass
You’re The Top
from Anything Goes, 1934
JB: vocal, guitar
Catherine Russell: guest vocal
Ben Stivers: piano
David Mansfield: fiddle
Rachelle Garniez: accordion
Richard Hammond: upright bass
I Concentrate On You
from Broadway Melody of 1940, 1940
JB: vocal, guitar
Darryl Tookes: guest vocal
Ben Stivers: piano
Larry Saltzman: dobro
Richard Hammond: upright bass
So In Love
from Kiss Me, Kate, 1948
JB: vocal, guitar
Ben Stivers: piano
Larry Saltzman: mandolin
Gary Schreiner: accordion
Richard Hammond: upright bass
You Do Something To Me live version
from Fifty Million Frenchmen, 1929
Ben Stivers: piano
Larry Saltzman: guitar
Matt Beck: mandolin
Gary Schreiner: accordion
Alex Hargreaves: fiddle
Richard Hammond: upright bass
You’d Be So Easy To Love
from Born To Dance, 1936
JB: vocal
Ben Stivers: piano
Andy Snitzer: tenor sax
Richard Hammond: upright bass
After You, Who?
from The Gay Divorcee 1934
JB: vocal
Ben Stivers: piano
Abbie Gardner: dobro
Patty Larkin: guitar
Richard Hammond: upright bass
Do I Love You
from DuBarry Was a Lady, 1939
JB: vocal, guitar, keyboards
Justin Stanton: trumpet
John Patitucci: upright bass
About Janie Barnett
Americana artist Janie Barnett has long nurtured the dream of ushering Cole Porter’s songs of lust and longing into a roots music and jazz hybrid setting. Barnett came up as a performing songwriter in the alternative roots settings of Virginia, New England, and finally New York City, where she also became one of the top singers in recording sessions for film and television, and a mentor to emerging songwriters at the prestigious Berklee College of Music. She has played performing arts centers, college theatres, and folk stages; from City Winery to the Birchmere, where sultry singing and folksy humor abound. See the “About” page on this site for a more complete bio.
