Vocalists Russell, Thomas, and Wade channel blues pioneers Bessie Smith, Mamie Smith, Ma Rainey, and Ethel Waters, while Mark Shane leads a seven-piece, all-star band through this most American of musical genres.
Vocalists Catherine Russell, Brianna Thomas, and Charenee Wade channel the independent, liberated spirits and pioneering vocalizations of 1920s blues divas Bessie Smith (“the Empress of the Blues”), Mamie Smith (“the Queen of the Blues”), Ma Rainey (“the Mother of the Blues”), and the legendary icon of stage and film, Ethel Waters. Featuring arrangements of this era, pianist Mark Shane takes the reins as music director and leader of a 7 piece all-star band, enlivening this important strain of American music and demonstrating the ageless relevance of this century-old transcendence of love’s follies through innuendo, revelation, and stomping the blues away.
$35-$75
Phone: 301-581-5100
Email: strathmore@strathmore.org
2017/04/08 - 2017/04/08
Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852
For full parking information and directions, please visit www.strathmore.org/your-visit/directions-and-parking
Parking in the Grosvenor-Strathmore Metro garage is $5.20 during the week and free on weekends. Strathmore is also accessible via Metro's Red Line, Grosvenor-Strathmore station.
Limited short-term parking also is available at specially marked meters along Tuckerman Lane, which do not require payment after 7pm.