Barton have announced the return of their long-hailed “Bennett & Barton Song Salon,” in the front room of Pangea, 2nd Ave. at 12th St., September 14,19, 26 and October 19. The event will run for two hours on each night, between 8:30pm and 10:30pm. There is no cover or minimum (although you will enjoy their delicious food and drinks).

Bennett & Barton were the first to originate the format of the Song Salon in the late 1990s, in their heyday at the pinnacle of cabaret/piano bars, Eighty-Eights. In addition to performing songs and taking requests from their vast repertoire, encompassing the best of Golden Age swing, Hollywood, Broadway, and radio – Bennett and Barton invite guest performers to get up with their best and knock it out of the park, for an unpredictable evening determined by audience members themselves.

Their guests in the past included Liza Minnelli, Phyllis Diller, Elizabeth Montgomery, Mary Rodgers, Marshall Barer, Robert Wright and Chet Forrest, and the best-known Broadway and cabaret singers in town.

Elena and Fred state: “We want to bring back the free-wheeling, unplanned, improvised night we have missed for so long, where all our fellow performers, friends and fans who love our favorite music as much as we do can drop in and join us in a crazy-quilt celebration of the Golden-Age soundtrack of our generation and those that came before.”

To make a reservation call: 212-995-0900

or send an e-mail to: info@pangeanyc.com (click here)