Keeping the Tradition Alive....

In spring 2010, we will offer our first educational programs. Learn More >>

Read our Educational Mandate >>

The NSJP has become a force on the North Shore, offering both entertainment and educational opportunites to the community.

DOWNLOAD A PDF INFORMATION SHEET ON THE NSJP >>

Board of Advisrs: Bios>>

Mark Glovsky, attorney
Caroline Forrester journalist
Danny Harrington, musician
Barrence Whitfield, musician
William Tayor, businessman
Mary Scofield, businesswoman
Scott Southard, talent agent
Peter Riley CPA
Doug Baumoel, business consulant
Henry Ferrini, filmmaker
Chava Hudso, web designer


ABOUT THE NORTH SHORE JAZZ PROJECT


In our first year, we have had four fundraisers at Chianti, bringing top quality talent to the community and have reasied money for the NSJP as well as raising money for Haiti after the earthquake. Combined with corporate grants and contributions, we have sponsored educational programs, bringing the Berklee Outreach Band to local high schools. See videos >>

Our Mission
In an initiative to revive the North Shore of Boston as a jazz oasis, recalling the days when world class artists performed at Sandy's Jazz Revival in Beverly, the North Shore Jazz Project plans to infuse the region with music.

Sandy’s and Lenny’s provided musical, educational and cultural enrichment to an under-served population outside Boston and they provided something special for the players, an intimate setting in which to play their music. The North Shore Jazz Project has begun to produce concerts for the community, finding the hunger for live music in the area demonstrated by SRO audiences. In addition, the NSJP is to offer important educational programs to North Shore High Schools.

Our long term goal is to produce an hour long television series on the North Shore.

Program Benefits

  We seek corporate sponsorships and grants: Please help this valuable program become a reality>>  



Read the article about the North Shore Jazz Project
in the Spring 2009 issue
of North Shore LIfe by Carolyn Forrester >>

 

 

 

 

 

Board of Directors

Peter Jason Riley- CPA at Riley & Associates, Newburyport. His passion outside of his business and family is music. An amateur guitar player, CD and photography collector. He has an extensive collection of autographs and photos; including Muddy Waters, Louis Armstrong, Dianna Krall and Fats Domino. www.cpa-services.com

Henry Ferrini - Co-founder of North Shore Jazz Project and President at Ferrini Productions Inc. His award-winning documentary films include: Polis is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place and Lowell Blues: the Words of Jack Kerouac. He is in development on a new film about the iconic jazz stylist Lester Young.Web sites include:www.ferriniproductions.com, www.polisIsthis.com, www.lesterlives.wordpress.com

Chava Hudson - Co-founder of North Shore Jazz Project and Principle of Chava Hudson Design; Artist, Producer and Host of award winning cable show Out and About, Web designer. Web sites include www.chavahudsondesign.com,www.zingology.com, and www.zingologypress.com. She has written four novels, The Closing to be available this spring and Sarah's Secret, currently on Amazon.com.

Doug Baumoel - President of Continuity Family Business Consulting and Chair of the Family Firm Institute / New England Chapter. He has his MBA from Wharton and B.S. from Cornell and has run firms in both US and Europe. A guitarist himself, he founded Aspire Records in 1997-1999, a nationally distributed jazz label featuring North Shore artists. Web site: www.continuityfbc.com.

Caroline Forrester- Freelance Journalist/ Editor for GateHouse Media/CNC Publishing; publications include North Shore Life and Northwest Life. She has a B.A. in publishing from Simmons College with 20+ years publishing experience. An active promoter of the arts, she resides in Ipswich with two young sons, husband Jay and a menagerie of pets.

Mark Glovsky - Managing Member and real estate lawyer at Glovsky & Glovsky LLC, a nine-lawyer firm in Beverly. Formerly Chairman of the Board of Montserrat College of Art, he is very interested in enhancing cultural life on the North Shore. He resides in Gloucester with his wife, Livia Cowan.

Danny Harrington - Performer, Educator, Clinician and Vandoren Artist. He is a Baritone Saxophonist extraordinaire and Professor of Music at Berklee College, since 1978. Toured with the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, performed with Nick Brinola, Gary Burton, Herb Pomeroy and numerous others; as well as leading his own band. Web site: www.dannyharrington.com.

Mary Scofield - Part owner and sales associate at the independent Book Shop of Beverly Farms, and has had a long term association with North Shore schools serving variously as trustee, teacher, director of cultural enrichment and multicultural education. Web site: www.realbookshop.com; resides in Beverly.

Scott Southard - Director of International Music Network, Gloucester-based talent booking agency specializing in worldwide representation for artists in the jazz and world music Diaspora, responsible for producing over 1,500 concerts annually. Web site: www.imnworld.com.

William Taylor - Dealer in antiques and art for 30 years; past public relations and advertising manager in Boston. Director and VP of the Maritime Heritage Center, Gloucester. Chairman, City of Gloucester Planting Committee. Aging example of the early folk music days in Cambridge and still playing guitar, resides in Gloucester.

Barrence Whitfield - Internationally followed recording artist specializing in Rockabilly, Roots, Jump Blues, Funk and Soul; a full-throttle soul screamer in the spirit of Little Richard, Wilson Pickett and Solomon Burke. Website: www.barrencewhitfield.com. He has played with performers like Bo Diddley, Tina Turner, George Thorogood, Robert Cray, Los Lobos, Taj Mahal, Etta James, Buddy Guy, and many, more.
Web site: www.barrencewhitfield.com.