{"id":349353,"date":"2025-12-29T12:24:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:24:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/?p=349353"},"modified":"2025-12-29T12:37:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T17:37:52","slug":"chuck-redd-who-just-canceled-a-kennedy-center-concert-over-trump-is-coming-to-tampa-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cltampa.com\/music-2\/chuck-redd-who-just-canceled-a-kennedy-center-concert-over-trump-is-coming-to-tampa-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Redd, who just canceled a Kennedy Center concert over Trump, is coming to Tampa in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Chuck Redd<\/a>, quite literally, is vibes\u2014and he\u2019s bringing them to Tampa Bay first thing next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 67-year-old jazz vibraphonist is no stranger to the Tampa Bay area, and just played the Suncoast Jazz Festival, but is all the rage (and outrage) lately these days after he canceled a Christmas Eve show<\/a> at Washington D.C.\u2019s Kennedy Center to protest President Trump adding his name to the building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Roma Daravi, current Kennedy Center spokesperson and Trump acolyte since at least 2016, says the center will <\/a>sue Redd for $1 million, but in the meantime, the jazz composer who\u2019s toured with Dizzy Gillespie and played both drums and guitar for Charlie Byrd is still gigging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tampa Jazz Club welcomes Redd to New Tampa Jazz Nights next month, where he\u2019ll be backed once again by Best of the Bay-winning trio La Lucha.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tampa Jazz Club: Chuck Redd<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Time<\/span> Sat., Jan. 17, 8 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Location<\/span> New Tampa Performing Arts Center, 8550 Hunters Village Road, Tampa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Redd isn\u2019t the first artist to protest Trump, obviously, and joined the like of \u201cHamilton\u201d and Rhiannon Giddens who\u2019ve canceled or moved Kennedy Center shows over the president\u2019s overhaul of the storied venue, which has included an overhaul of the board<\/a> and a crackdown on so-called \u201cwoke\u201d programming<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets to see Chuck Redd play New Tampa Performing Arts Center on Saturday, January 17 are still available for $10-$35.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

See Josh Bradley’s latest list of newly announced Tampa Bay concerts below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n