Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Cancelled After Trump Name Change

[sonnymax]

Kennedy Center’s Christmas Eve Jazz Show Cancelled After Trump Name Change

[felser]

Hard to respond to this without getting flagged for political content!

[mikeweil]

It's not about flagging members. Of course politically motivated decisions affect the jazz world, but experience showed that discussing these here does not lead anywhere. 

[paulfromcamden]

Politics aside I imagine many musicians will now think twice about performing at a venue that sues for $1m following a cancellation.

[sgcim]

I know Nothing!!!!!!!!!!

[Milestones]

If anyone questions you about political content, say, " I don't recall."

 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

Apparently the Christmas Jazz Jam was a free event held on the Millenium Stage.  So there was no revenue lost.  

[bertrand]

1 hour ago, Stompin at the Savoy said:

Apparently the Christmas Jazz Jam was a free event held on the Millenium Stage.  So there was no revenue lost.  

It had moved to the terrace theater in the last few years for more space, but still free. There were never any tickets to buy.

[Patrick]

I’ll confess that I have never heard of it, despite being a KC subscriber for 20+ yrs (until this season). 

[Holy Ghost]

YUK, in no political direction 😁

[clifford_thornton]

https://open.substack.com/pub/dadadrummer/p/what-is-the-artist-to-fascism?r=7ikr1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

good piece by Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi)

[Dub Modal]

17 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

https://open.substack.com/pub/dadadrummer/p/what-is-the-artist-to-fascism?r=7ikr1&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

good piece by Damon Krukowski (Galaxie 500, Damon & Naomi)

That is a good piece. Thanks for the link. 

[Rooster_Ties]

Re: the million dollars that the TKC center are suing those no-good scoundrel scofflaws for (i.e. the musicians who cancelled)…

People forget the immeasurable reputational damage to the person whose name had been newly added on to the outside of the Kennedy Center building.

If a few hundred members of the public suddenly couldn’t go to what was to have been a simple, low-key free holiday jazz jam/concert — that might even irreparably sully the name of he who can’t be mentioned here.

[clifford_thornton]

the only "Kennedy" that should be mentioned here without issue has a name that begins with Edward and ends with Ellington. The other guy, well......

[Kevin Bresnahan]

I'm hearing that The Cookers cancelled as well. It sounds like most artists are bailing.

Meanwhile, someone has posted that they're in the process of swapping out the armrests for MARBLE armrests. Fucking marble armrests??? Who wants to rest their arms on stone while watching a show? That sounds incredibly dumb.

Don't these look comfy?

And I thought the Regattabar's seats were uncomfortable.

[Stompin at the Savoy]

2 hours ago, Rooster_Ties said:

Re: the million dollars that the TKC center are suing those no-good scoundrel scofflaws for (i.e. the musicians who cancelled)…

People forget the immeasurable reputational damage to the person whose name had been newly added on to the outside of the Kennedy Center building.

If a few hundred members of the public suddenly couldn’t go to what was to have been a simple, low-key free holiday jazz jam/concert — that might even irreparably sully the name of he who can’t be mentioned here.

Someone who plays that venue after all the absurd things that have happened will suffer possibly greater reputational damage.

But I still can't get over suing an artist for cancelling a free concert.  This is supposed to be a center that patronizes and supports the arts and here they are suing an artist for a million bucks for not doing a free concert?  Harrumph!  With a sugar daddy like that it might be time to go on a diet.

Edited 59 minutes ago by Stompin at the Savoy