<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-a215ecf6-7fff-8a2e-9c31-54f393d50ade"><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A Collaboration between </span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra & The Musical Theater Project</b></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><font size="4" face="georgia, serif"><b><i>"Our Huckleberry Friend: The Lyrics of Johnny Mercer"</i></b></font></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b>Saturday, January 28th, 7:30 p.m. </b></span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Maltz Performing Arts Center, 1855 Ansel Road, Cleveland</span></p><p style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra will join forces with our friends at The Musical Theater Project, for our 7th collaboration, to celebrate Johnny Mercer, who is commonly regarded as the finest lyricist of the mid 20</span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><span style="vertical-align:super">th</span></span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:transparent;font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> century. He collaborated with Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael, Henry Mancini, and so many more. We’ll be joined by vocalists </span><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-color:rgb(255,255,255);font-weight:400;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;text-decoration:none;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Michael Shirtz, Evelyn Wright, and Vince Mastro.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><br></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><b style=""><font face="georgia, serif"><i>Enjoy an evening of music, memories, & more!</i></font></b></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><br></b></p><div style="text-align:center"><b><br></b></div><p dir="ltr" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><b><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Tickets: </span><a href="https://bit.ly/CJO_TMTP_Mercer" style="text-decoration-line:none"><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(0,151,167);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://bit.ly/CJO_TMTP_Mercer</span></a></b></p></span><br class="gmail-Apple-interchange-newline"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia, serif">Theresa Lesh</font><div><font face="georgia, serif">Managing Director, The Cleveland Jazz Orchestra</font></div><div><font face="georgia, serif"><a href="http://clevelandjazz.org" target="_blank">clevelandjazz.org</a></font></div></div></div></div></div></div>