Since 1993, Jamie Masefield's Jazz Mandolin Project has been offering an entirely new concept of what the mandolin can do. Pushing the boundaries with a new innovative sound, "JMP" has toured ...

Back in 1993 Jamie Masefield debuted the first incarnation of the Jazz Mandolin Project. As befits its name, the Project has featured a rotating cast of individuals over the years, including Jon ...

James Masefield has been improvising on the jazz mandolin for decades, including a release on Blue Note Records. Some years back, his eclectic... A Jazzman Turned Builder Says That In Both Fields, The ...

BRECKENRIDGE – Some musicians start their career in the depths of the big city subway. Jamie Masefield, of the Jazz Mandolin Project, began his career while living on a tree farm in the mountains of ...

Mar. 17 - When you think of jazz, the first instruments that pop into mind are probably brass, such as trumpet and saxophone. Then, of course, guitar, bass and drums, perhaps even keyboards. It is ...

Take a moment to conjure a mental image of mandolin music and you might dream up a world of rustic porchside plinkin’ and plunkin’ – a world entirely removed from the boho bravado of Manhattan’s ...

Sometimes, the strangest notions develop a life of their own. Consider Jamie Masefield’s decade-long obsession, The Jazz Mandolin Project, which along with T.S. Monk, are the big draws for jazz fans.

True to its name, the Jazz Mandolin Project doesn’t play a lick of bluegrass. And that was just fine to a small, but appreciative, crowd at Toad’s Place on Thursday night as mandolin virtuoso Jamie ...

Performing, writing and teaching jazz mandolin for nearly five decades, Don Stiernberg said he owes much of his success to his brother, John Stiernberg, and his teacher, Jethro Burns. Don Stiernberg, ...

While many people think of the mandolin as a melody instrument in a bluegrass band, or perhaps an iconic instrumental voice in Italian music, it has in recent years become one of the lead voices in ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. FARMINGTON — How many jazz duos have you heard consisting of mandolin and ...

Because Jamie Masefield's independence is matched only by his artistic integrity, it was perhaps inevitable that, after a decade of working on his Jazz Mandolin Project, he would venture into the ...