Jazz Mandolin Project

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The Jazz Mandolin Project
Origin Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Genres Jam band, experimental jazz, jazz fusion
Years active1993–present
Website www.jazzmandolinproject.com
Past members
  • Jamie Masefield
  • Stacey Starkweather
  • Gabe Jarrett
  • Jon Fishman
  • Chris Dahlgren
  • Ari Hoenig

The Jazz Mandolin Project was an acoustic jazz fusion group formed in Burlington, Vermont, by Jamie Masefield in 1993.

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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, though 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.

Discography

Personnel

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References

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  2. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "The Jazz Mandolin Project | Biography & History | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
  3. Nastos, Michael G. "Xenoblast - The Jazz Mandolin Project | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 September 2016.