Cole porter

Everybody loves Cole Porter. But most jazz musicians really love Cole Porter. Singers love his lyrics, which showcase great wit, amazing rhymes and beautiful imagery. Instrumentalists love his elegant melodies and sophisticated song structures. Celebrate Porter's birthday with Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Nellie McKay and more.

“Poetry? Poetry? YECH! Poetry is for girls!” This was yours truly talking, as an acne-dripping, unhappy teenager. What changed my mind so drastically and “shaped up,” so to speak, my world view? Ma…

Photo by Don Hunstein. Taken in 1958 during the rehearsals for Alladin, Cole Porter's last show.

______________________________________ Greta Keller (later Greta Keller-Bacon) Extracts from the Wikipedia profile: Bio — Born Margaretha Keller in Vienna, Austria, she studied dance from the…

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Cecil Beaton- Cole Porter, 1932

Cole Porter and Ethel Merman

He’s the top! American music specialist Robert Wyatt leads a musical journey through Cole Porter’s dazzling career on Broadway and in Hollywood, his personal tragedies, and his legacy of some of the most deliciously witty, provocative, and elegant contributions to the great American songbook.

cole porter circa 1935

___________________________________ From the musical Jubilee (1935): Just One of Those Things Begin the Beguine From the musical film Born to Dance (1936): I’ve Got You Under My Skin Easy to Love F…