Masefield played banjo with dixieland bands, including the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, before switching to mandolin.[1][2] In 1996, the debut album consisted of Gabe Jarrett on drums and Stacey Starkweather on bass. The following year the group broke up, and Masefield kept the name with different musicians: bassist Chris Dahlgren and drummer Jon Fishman from Phish.[2] They recorded the next album, Tour de Flux. Masefield described the band's music as " very contrapuntal stuff, like a three-way conversation".[1]
The Project's next album, Xenoblast, was on Blue Note Records, although it was less a jazz album and more improvisational jazz rock, featuring the guitarist Trey Anastasio of Phish.[3]
In 2003, they released a drum & bass-influenced album called Jungle Tango, which included Ari Hoenig and Danton Boller. In 2005, Masefield returned to a more acoustic sound with The Deep Forbidden Lake, which features cover versions of songs by Radiohead, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, and Django Reinhardt.
In 2026, they embarked on a new tour. It began in Burlington, VT, then hit Boston, Brooklyn, Kingston, and Jam Cruise[4].
Discography
The Jazz Mandolin Project (Accurate, 1996), (Lenapee, 2004)
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