Jazz at Lincoln Center presents vocalists Catherine Russell, Brianna Thomas and Charenee Wade at 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 1,  in the Annenberg Center’s Zellerbach Theatre. They channel the liberated spirits and pioneering vocalizations of four 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 legendary stage and screen icon,  Ethel Waters. Backed by a seven-piece band, the ladies demonstrate the ageless relevance of this important genre in American music, tackling love’s follies and stomping the blues away. For tickets, visitwww.annenbergcenter.org or call (215) 898-3900.

Related: The Blues