27 Oct, 2016
Shades of Blues is a musical exploration of the great American art form and international language known as the blues. This season, Strathmore celebrates the many shades of blues with an amazing lineup of artists including: Wynton Marsalis’s 12-movement masterwork, All Rise, the debut performance of Gerald Clayton’s Piedmont Blues Project, and Ladies Sing the Blues, a project of Jazz at Lincoln Center, which celebrates the great blueswomen Ma Rainey, Bessie Smith, and Ethel Waters. Website to check out dates: http://www.culturecapital.com/feature/271/shades-of-blues-at-strathmore-thru-may-27-2017