Tag: Twelfth Baptist Church
This month legendary jazz drummer Roy Haynes turns 85. Watch him playing in 2004 at a service at Twelfth Baptist Church in Roxbury, Massachusetts. More
“Dr. King liked jazz,” says Rev. Michael Haynes of Twelfth Baptist Church in Boston, “I think music is just a wonderful opportunity to bring humans together. And what it did in the civil rights movement – it was the means through which they got inspiration and challenge.” Rev. Haynes invited his brother, renowned jazz drummer Roy Haynes, to be part of a special musical service honoring King. More