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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Jazz at the Fort: Caribbean and Jazz\nEvent Url: ht
 tp://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/440834885/Jazz_at_the_Fort_Caribbean_
 and_Jazz\nEvent Date Begin: 2010-08-01\nEvent Date End: 2010-08-01\n\nBerk
 lee College of Music and ParkARTS present music outdoors in Roxbury's hist
 oric and enchanting Fort Hill neighborhood with Ron Reid & the Sunsteel Se
 xtet and opener the Jazz Robertson Quintet.Rain date is August 8.  Folding
  chairs\, blankets\, and picnics are encouraged.  Highland Park is known f
 or its willow trees\, rolling lawn\, puddingstone boulders\, and Victorian
 -era water tower that looks like it could be home to Rapunzel.  'Our partn
 ership with Berklee brings some of the world's finest jazz musicians to Bo
 ston's neighborhood parks\,' notes Mayor Thomas M. Menino.  'Music lovers 
 of all ages and the musicians themselves welcome these opportunities to en
 joy the arts in great outdoor spaces like Highland Park.'  Jazz at the For
 t is accessible from the MBTA's Orange Line Roxbury Crossing stop.  Walk d
 own Columbus Avenue to Cedar Street to Fort Avenue.  Roxbury Community Col
 lege provides parking on the corner of Columbus Avenue and Cedar Street.  
 Highland Park is wheelchair accessible.  For information call 617-747-6057
 .  Ron Reid is a native of Trinidad and Tobago and an associate professor 
 in contemporary writing at Berklee.  His Sunsteel Sextet plays an eclectic
  mix of Caribbean folk\, calypso\, Afro-Cuban\, and jazz melodies.  This s
 moldering ensemble of Berklee alumni and faculty conducts workshops and le
 cture demonstrations at colleges and high schools\, and performs concerts\
 , corporate events\, and club dates.  Saxophonist Elan Trotman will be the
  special guest for this performance.  Jazz Robertson got her induction int
 o the music scene at the tender age of 5\, when she took in her first live
  concert: Eric Clapton.  But it wasn't Clapton's guitar chops that made he
 r jaw drop\, it was Steve Gadd's killer drumming.  Ten years later\, she r
 eceived a drum set from her mother\, and within months she was playing in 
 local bands around Pittsburgh.  After passing up an opportunity to attend 
 law school\, she auditioned for Berklee and was accepted on a full-tuition
  scholarship.   Berklee College of Music was founded on the revolutionary 
 principle that the best way to prepare students for careers in music was t
 hrough the study and practice of contemporary music. For over 60 years\, t
 he college has evolved constantly to reflect the state of the art of music
  and the music business. With over a dozen performance and nonperformance 
 majors\, a diverse and talented student body representing over 70 countrie
 s\, and a music industry 'who's who' of alumni\, Berklee is the world's pr
 emier learning lab for the music of today &mdash\; and tomorrow.   Now in 
 its 14th year\, ParkARTS began as Mayor Thomas M. Menino's initiative to p
 resent a yearlong program of arts- and-culture related programs and events
  in Boston's park system. ParkARTS\, the Boston Parks and Recreation Depar
 tment's multifaceted arts program incorporates the visual\, performing\, a
 nd participatory arts.  The 2010 ParkARTS performing arts program\, sponso
 red by Bank of America\, will present concerts in Boston neighborhood park
 s that range from jazz to symphonic music.\n\nStart time: 5:00 pm
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SUMMARY:Jazz at the Fort: Caribbean and Jazz
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