FILE - In this Sept. 20, 2014, file photo, musician Wynton Marsalis performs during a memorial service for actress Ruby Dee at The Riverside Church in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow, File)
American jazz legend Wynton Marsalis has canceled concerts in Venezuela at a time of rising tensions between the two nations.
The New York-based trumpeter and composer was scheduled to perform his "Swing Symphony" on Friday alongside the Simon Bolivar Orchestra conducted by Gustavo Dudamel, the first of three concerts planned in Caracas.
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