A drummer and vibraphone player, [Chuck] Redd has presided over holiday “Jazz Jams” at the Kennedy Center since 2006, succeeding bassist William “Keter” Betts. In an email Wednesday to The Associated Press, Redd said he pulled out of the concert in the wake of the renaming.
That’s how I feel about all the political and military resignations. They aren’t proving a point, they’re just handing over the power. However, a musician isn’t the same.