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North Shore Jazz Project All Stars Alumni Nominated for Best New Artist!
A former member of the North Shore Jazz Project All Stars is in the running to win an award as one of New England’s Emerging Artists along with his band mates in Makutu.
August 28, 2016 – Salem, MA – Bassist Ryder Hambley of Rowley, 22, a member of the NSJP All Stars while a student at Ipswich High School, recently graduated from Berklee College of Music. His band, Makutu, is up for the award from “The Deli,” an online magazine focusing on the music scene in major cities known for music.
The contest is open until Aug. 31 and votes can be cast at http://newengland.thedelimagazine.com/snacks. Makutu bills itself as a band that plays “Ambient Gloom/Spooky Indie Rock.” Its Band Camp page is https://makutuband.bandcamp.com/releases.
Hambley, a 2012 graduate of Ipswich High, was also a member of the North Shore Youth Symphony Orchestra. He won the 
Louis Armstrong award while in high school and was named Most Valuable Player at the Northeast District Festival for the Massachusetts Association for Jazz Education.
Additionally, he has shared the stage with Danilo Perez at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, with the All Stars, and has played the Salem Jazz and Soul Festival multiple times under the tutelage of NSJP All Stars director Mike Tucker.
His parents employed the state’s School Choice Program to get him into Ipswich High so he could study under the direction of Gerald Dolan, now the director of fine arts for Ipswich Public Schools.
The Salem Jazz and Soul Festival is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that produces free concerts for the public and raises money to support music education programs. Learn more at SalemJazzSoul.org