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Jazz Musician Cancels Annual Concert at 'Trump' Kennedy Center - The Thursday AM Quickie 12/25/25

By Corey Pein —

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PARTING WORDS

"When I saw the name change on the Kennedy Center website and then hours later on the building, I chose to cancel our concert."

-- Drummer and vibrophonist Chuck Redd, explaining to the Associated Press why he canceled the traditional Christmas Eve jazz performance at the newly and illegally rechristened "The Donald J. Trump and The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts."

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