Legendary jazz drummer and Boston native
Roy Haynes is performing with his group, the
Fountain of Youth Band, at the
Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport on Friday, August 17, 2012 at 8:00 p.m.. The concert is the final event of the first annual
Rockport Jazz Festival, which debuted this week.
Haynes, who grew up in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, is considered one
of the world's best jazz drummers. In February 2011 he received a Lifetime
Achievement Award at the
51st annual Grammy Awards.
Boston Herald jazz writer
Bob Young noted, "
Roxbury-born
Roy Haynes has kept some pretty good company in his nearly seven
decades in the music business. Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, John
Coltrane and Pat Metheny have all shared the stage with the man known
as the father of modern jazz drumming."
Here is a
schedule of upcoming jazz events presented by Rockport Music this fall.
For year round details on jazz in Massachusetts, visit
MassJazz.com.
For tourist information visit
MassVacation.com and
BostonUSA.com.