Chuck Redd, who plays Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City, Florida on Feb. 2, 2025. Credit: Press Handout
If the concertgoing experience is all about vibes, know that Chuck Redd, literally, has them on lock.

The 66-year-old composer and percussionist has recorded and performed with greats like Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Byrd—and appeared in close to 100 albums, according to Jazz Times.

He arrives in Tampa supporting with a 2019 album, Groove City, in hand. The record includes standards, a couple of Monty Alexander tunes and originals. Redd, a bonafide master of the vibraphone, will be backed by La Lucha for this matinee.

Tickets to see Chuck Redd play Mainstage Theater at Hillsborough Community College in Ybor City on Sunday, Feb. 2 are still available and start at $10.

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This article appears in Jan 23-29, 2025.

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...