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Prominent artists soon began canceling performances, including jazz drummer Chuck Redd, who pulled out of a Christmas Eve show, and the jazz group the Cookers, which canceled two New Year’s Eve performances.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 1, 2026

Jazz drummer Chuck Redd pulled out of a Christmas Eve show and the jazz group the Cookers canceled two New Year’s Eve performances.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 27, 2026

Announcing their decision to cancel, the Cookers said: "Jazz was born from struggle and from a relentless insistence on freedom: freedom of thought, of expression, and of the full human voice."

From BBC • Dec. 30, 2025

While Hubbard didn’t perform, several of his former bandmates were there, including pianist Ronnie Mathews, trombonist Kiane Zawadi and original Cookers group members Spaulding, bassist and educator Larry Ridley and drummer Pete “La Roca” Sims.

From Washington Post • Sep. 29, 2021

That was still the era of the King of the Pressure Cookers.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende