A drummer and vibraphone player, [Chuck] Redd has presided over holiday “Jazz Jams” at the Kennedy Center since 2006, succeeding bassist William “Keter” Betts. In an email Wednesday to The Associated Press, Redd said he pulled out of the concert in the wake of the renaming.


Start a petition to name the new east wing of the White House the Donald Trump Memorial Ballroom.
Right now, we’re neither waiting for him to die or leave office.
It’s the Epstein Ballroom. I will accept no alternatives.