Ladies of the Blues

To Reserve Tickets Today and Hear Samples, Visit http://www.woodstockplayhouse.org/ladiesoftheblues The Woodstock Playhouse and Catskill Jazz Factory present a premiere partnership this May with Ladies of the Blues, a two-set tribute led by "a trumpeter of abundant poise" (NYT) Dominick Farinacci and featuring rising star jazz and soul vocalist Shenel Johns. Ladies of the Blues takes place at the Woodstock Playhouse on Saturday, May 26, 2018 at 7:30pm with tickets starting at $40. Tickets are available at www.woodstockplayhouse.org or by calling the Woodstock Playhouse box office at 845-679-6900. Trumpeter and early Catskill Jazz Factory participating artist Dominick Farinacci is slated to lead a quintet of today's top jazz artists (Patrick Bartley alto sax & clarinet, Dan Kauffman piano, Jonathan Michel bass, Marion Felder drums,) presenting a premiere retrospective spanning from the early blues of Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday up to the iconic works of Dinah Washington, Nina Simone, and other legendary ladies of the blues. Vocals by the stunning young Shenel Johns will aid in weaving a storyline of female blues artists across the generations of jazz history. Farinacci was named the first global ambassador for Jazz at Lincoln Center and has led dozens of different projects with the goal of, through his music and outreach activities, to unite communities and overcome cultural and political barriers of every sort. Farinacci's most recent display of his artistic vision was the Catskill Jazz Factory-backed sold-out NYC premiere of Modern Warrior Live, an all-new theatrical and musical meditation on a combat veteran's story of war and life. Vocalist Shenel Johns has shared the stage with music royalty including Curtis Fuller, Hank Jones, Dionne Warwick, and Sheila Jordan, and has performed and recorded with an impressive array of leaders in the field including Kurt Rosenwinkel, Ulysses Owens, Jr., Ronnie Burrage, and Eddie Palmieri. Most recently, Johns was the winner of the Riga Jazz Stage Competition this past April in Riga, Latvia, and was featured in the Hartford Jazz Festival in July with the Harford Symphony Orchestra as part of an Ella Fitzgerald Tribute. Johns has also premiered works at New York's Museum of Modern Arts and is a member of the George Gee Swing Orchestra. Tickets: $40 - $55