About Riverview Jazz

Riverview Jazz began in 2013 as a community concert at the Riverview Farmers Market in Jersey City Heights. In a few short years, Riverview Jazz was producing up to 100 events a year free-to-the-public. In 2019, the Riverview Jazz Festival rebranded as the Jersey City Jazz Festival and drew a crowd of 30,000 attendees, making it one of the largest jazz festivals in the NYC-tristate area.

In addition to the Jersey City Jazz Festival and the Jersey City Latin Jazz Festival, Riverview Jazz produces or partners on events year-round throughout Hudson County. The vast majority of these are free to the community and feature some of the best musical talent in the area.

Riverview Jazz Mission Statement

RiverviewJazz.Org is committed to building a self-sustaining audience for the arts by presenting various forms of Jazz to the community in a combination of traditional and non-traditional spaces.

The Riverview Jazz Team

Staff:

Bryan Beninghove, Executive Director and Founder

Dave Zimmerman, Managing Director

Stephen Gritzan, Marketing Director

Chris Woodard, Development Consultant

Al Anton, Vendor Coordinator, Development Consultant

Dane Calcagni, Donor Relations, Volunteer Coordinator

Moe Masi, Branding Designer

Dane Johnson, Marketing Support

Board:

President:

Rachel Ryll (Quality and Regulatory Director, Americas; CEO, The Statuary)

Vice President:

Kate Silver (Executive VP / Managing Broker at Corcoran Sawyer Smith)

Secretary:

Tim Karcher (Partner at Proskauer Rose LLP)

Treasurer:

Dane Calcagni (Executive Assistant & Community Relations, Corcoran Sawyer Smith)

Trustees:

  • Kern Weissman (CIO at Select Express & Logistics)

  • Courtney Sloane (Courtney Sloane Design)

  • Sawyer Smith (Owner/Founder Corcoran Sawyer Smith)

  • Barry Richards (B. Rich Consulting)

  • Margo Parks (Marketing, Jazz Cruises LLC)

  • Bryan Beninghove (Executive Director/Founder Riverview Jazz)

Advisory Board:

Anthony Romano (Hudson County Commissioner)

Ted Chubb (Musician; VP Jazz Education & Partnerships, Jazz House Kids; Artistic Director, The Statuary)

Seth Abramson (President Rabbit Moon Productions)

Sidney Jackson (Development Consultant)

Walter Parks (Musician, Event producer)

James Kaznosky (Director of Environmental Health & Safety, Baruch College)

Melina Garcia (Founder UCMP)

Tad Shull (Musician, Grant consultant)

Dr. Linda Beninghove (Library Director, Stevens Institute of Technology)

Doug Beavers (Musician, Founder Circle 9 Records)