<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">The 31st annual <b>Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland</b> kicks off at Tower City at 5pm on Thursday!<div><br></div><div>The amazing <b>Shaw High School Mighty Cardinals Marching Band</b> will get things going with brass & drums and a march to Public Square! </div><div><br></div><div>Festivities continue Friday night at 8pm with <b>Happy Birthday, Henry Mancini</b>, a salute to the great Cleveland-born composer <i>of Pink Panther, Peter Gunn, Moon River </i>and many more, highlighted by Mancini's daughter Monica and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra and special guests. </div><div><br></div><div>JazzFest events are scheduled every day from April 15 to 25, all around the Cleveland area, and include concerts, films, lectures, workshops and jam sessions. Some events are free. Complete details can be found at <a href="http://tricjazzfest.com/">http://tricjazzfest.com/</a> . </div><div><br><div>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B96474417-1096-49FB-816F-7AD27DB6724D%7D">JazzFest
Kick Off - Parade at Tower City Center</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
15, 2010 5:00 PM<br>Tower City Center - JazzFest Stage<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BF5655559-453D-438E-AEBA-F9C752181CD3%7D">Happy
Birthday Henry Mancini!</a></h4>April 16, 2010<br>8:00 PM - 10:00 PM<br>PlayhouseSquare
Allen Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BE066CD1D-7960-4E9C-9EC3-D1CDC4719134%7D">Jazz
for Kids</a></h4>April 17, 2010 11:00 AM<br>Cleveland Childrens Museum<br>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BE66354D7-6467-4DDA-993A-D6DA1CA80D0A%7D">Women
in Jazz</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April 17, 2010<br>1:00 PM -
4:00 PM<br>Mt. Zion Congregational Church<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BD404983E-D772-45BA-A648-0E3AD1BA562E%7D">The
Roots</a></h4>April 17, 2010<br>8:00 PM - 10:00 PM<br>PlayhouseSquare
Allen Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B792BA914-6979-4CB7-877F-F05461E467E5%7D">Debut
Series with the Gerald Clayton Trio and The Theo Croker Quartet</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
18, 2010<br>4:00 PM - 6:00 PM<br>East Cleveland Public Library<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B39093CE4-8C92-40B1-94E0-82C5864B9940%7D">Film
Screening: Miles Electric: A Different Kind of Blue (2004)</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
19, 2010<br>7:00 PM - 8:30 PM<br>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum,
Foster Theater<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B62429400-6E71-4706-B058-DCA538E64A51%7D">Jack
Wilkins and the Cleveland Jazz Initiative Showcase</a></h4>April 19,
2010<br>7:00 PM - 9:00 PM<br>The Brothers Lounge<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B03965346-40C0-4B4B-BAA0-21C8A63F4638%7D">Remembering
Willie Smith</a> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(panel discussion)</span></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April 20, 2010<br>6:30 PM
- 7:30 PM<br>Karamu House<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BFC23F1E4-180D-4E75-88F3-D05967256414%7D">The
Eddie Baccus Organ Summit with special guest Tony Monaco</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
20, 2010<br>8:00 PM - 10:00 PM<br>Karamu House<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B76894D5C-D089-425F-946E-198283CC69FD%7D">Showtime
at High Noon - Tri-C JazzFest High School All-Stars</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
21, 2010<br>12:00 PM - 1:00 PM<br>PlayhouseSquare Allen Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B0607EFFF-3E64-4FB0-AC42-78BE724C79B3%7D">Rock
and Roll Night School</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April 21, 2010<br>7:00
PM - 8:30 PM<br>Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Foster Theater<br>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B71D23DC8-6DBA-4E85-92F2-B394AEC3167F%7D">Omar
Sosa Afreecanos Quartet</a></h4>April 21, 2010<br>8:00 PM - 10:00 PM<br>Museum
of Contemporary Art MOCA<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BE943FFAE-D96B-44C7-9579-1A58E72C71DA%7D">Tri-C
JazzFest Clinics/Workshops</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April 22 -
23, 2010<br>8:30 AM - 5:00 PM<br>Cuyahoga Community College Metro
Campus Main Stage Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B19A777DB-A89E-478A-A4DB-17B6EFED8AC1%7D">Charlie
Haden and Quartet West with special guest Joe Lovano</a></h4>April 22,
2010<br>8:00 PM - 10:00 PM<br>Cuyahoga Community College Metro Campus
Auditorium<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BF28B485E-EC37-4B52-B8C2-F5AEEDA0F4C6%7D">Private
Screening of "Charlie Haden: Rambling Boy"</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
23, 2010<br>4:30 PM - 5:30 PM<br>Center for Creative Arts, Black Box
Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7BB0B14732-7CB1-4494-A719-4E9517B78697%7D">An
Evening with Ramsey Lewis and Patti Austin</a></h4>April 23, 2010<br>8:00
PM - 10:00 PM<br>PlayhouseSquare Allen Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B383EC782-94EA-43EE-9D93-2F0D9CB008F0%7D">Tri-C
JazzFest Downbeat Invitational</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
24, 2010<br>2:30 PM - 5:30 PM<br>Cuyahoga Community College Metro
Campus Main Stage Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B6FB082B2-005D-48D7-96C9-945403F7AE45%7D">Smooth
Jazz All-Stars</a></h4>April 24, 2010<br>8:00 PM - 10:00 PM<br>PlayhouseSquare
Allen Theatre<br> </td>
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<h4 style="margin-top: 0.2em;"><a href="http://tricpresents.com/events-detail.asp?id=%7B7F6E3342-E483-4383-9E73-A8B61F030876%7D">TCJF
SoundWorks plays Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra with guest
conductor and bassist Charlie Haden</a></h4><strong>FREE</strong><br>April
25, 2010<br>7:00 PM - 9:00 PM<br>East Cleveland Public Library<br> </td>
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