A na­tive of T&T, fac­ul­ty bassist, pan­nist, and com­pos­er Ron Reid has es­tab­lished him­self as a mas­ter of ca­lyp­so and so­ca mu­sic dur­ing the past 30 years. His Sun­steel Sex­tet is made up en­tire­ly of Berklee fac­ul­ty and alum­ni. To­geth­er, they play a mix of Caribbean folk, Afro-Cuban, and jazz melodies. Along with stu­dent drum­mer Jazz Robert­son, they'll give a free show at Jazz at the Fort as part of Berklee's Sum­mer Con­cert Se­ries.

The an­nu­al Jazz at the Fort con­cert will be held on Au­gust 1 at 5 pm, at High­land Park on Fort Av­enue, Rox­bury, Boston. The rain date is Au­gust 8. Pa­trons are en­cour­aged to walk with fold­ing chairs, blan­kets, and pic­nics. High­land Park is known for its wil­low trees, rolling lawn, pud­ding­stone boul­ders, and Vic­to­ri­an-era wa­ter tow­er that looks like it could be home to Ra­pun­zel.

"Our part­ner­ship with Berklee brings some of the world's finest jazz mu­si­cians to Boston's neigh­bour­hood parks," not­ed Boston may­or, Thomas M Meni­no. "Mu­sic lovers of all ages and the mu­si­cians them­selves wel­come these op­por­tu­ni­ties to en­joy the arts in great out­door spaces like High­land Park."