The composer and pianist Jason Moran has resigned as the Kennedy Center’s artistic director for jazz.
He posted: ‘Thank you to the composers, comedians, choreographers, performance artists, skateboarders, filmmakers, authors, illustrators, dancers, photographers, sculptors, scientists, crews and on and on. These young ones are beautifying the stage.’
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