STORY BY
John Horton
KEEPING THE
BEAT
NOT EVEN A GLOBAL PANDEMIC CAN QUIET TRI-C JAZZFEST, WHICH WILL TAKE PLACE AS A VIRTUAL FESTIVAL TO CONNECT THE COMMUNITY TO THE ARTS
Jazz reveals its spirit and soul through improvisation. The same can be said for this year’s Tri-C JazzFest Cleveland, presented by KeyBank. Organizers of the annual festival — now in its 41st year — refused to let the COVID-19 outbreak silence the music that typically brings tens of thousands of people to Playhouse Square every summer. Tri-C JazzFest will make toes tap this year, just in a different way. The show, as they say, must go on.
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