"A veteran jazz ensemble announced on Monday it was canceling its New Year's Eve performances at the Kennedy Center, the latest group to withdraw from the Washington arts institution after it was renamed to include U.S. President Donald Trump. "Jazz was born from struggle and from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice. Some of us have been making this music for many decades, and that history still shapes us,""
"Richard Grenell, a longtime ally of the U.S. president whom Trump named as the center's president, said on Monday that such boycotts are a "form of derangement syndrome" and the cancelations are coming from artists booked by the institution's previous leadership. He has previously termed cancelations a "political stunt." The withdrawal adds to a growing list of cancellations since the name change was announced this month by the Center's board, which the Republican president filled with allies during a broad takeover earlier this year."
Multiple performing artists have canceled scheduled appearances at the Kennedy Center after the board voted to add President Donald Trump's name to the institution. The Cookers jazz ensemble withdrew New Year's Eve performances, emphasizing jazz's roots in struggle and freedom of expression. The Kennedy Center had promoted the septet as an all-star jazz act for the Terrace Theater. Richard Grenell, named the center's president, called the boycotts a "form of derangement syndrome" and previously labeled cancellations a "political stunt." Other cancellations include a Christmas Eve jazz concert and a dance company's April pullout. Democrats and the Kennedy family denounced the renaming as illegal and harmful to John F. Kennedy's legacy.
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