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Jamie Masefield

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 throughout the US and internationally with a unique approach that has changed the mind of many as to the instruments potential. In its latest ambitious chapter, it's exploring the realm of working in multiple mediums. The name itself, The Jazz Mandolin Project suggests an ongoing experiment, and so it is that Masefield is currently steering his group away from the concert stage and moving it in front of a movie screen to shed light on classic literature and the ethics of Leo Tolstoy, (who has often received the title as the greatest storyteller in modern history)

The Tom & Jamie Show at the College Street Congregational Church

by Doug Collette
March 29, 2017

The Tom & Jamie Show College Street Congregational Church Burlington, VTMarch 25, 2017 Anyone who attended the Chick Corea / Bela Fleck concert at the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival in 2007 had to feel some measure of deja vu as The Tom & Jamie Show commenced at the College St Congregational ...

Motian Sickness: The Music of Paul Motian: For the Love of Sarah

by Ian Patterson
September 17, 2012

Washington, DC drummer Jeff Cosgrove's exploration of jazz drumming legend Paul Motian's music has been a labor of love. Motian, who passed away in November 2011, sent Cosgrove 29 tunes over the three years this project took to realize. Using traditional bluegrass musicians as a kind of laboratory, Cosgrove chose compositions that best fit the uncommon ...

Motian Sickness: The Music of Paul Motian: For the Love of Sarah

by Dave Sumner
March 26, 2012

There is an edge-of-sleep quality to the recently departed Paul Motian's drumming, and to much of the music he recorded. It's a dreaminess that reflects the spark of subconscious creativity even as the body sits at rest. For the Love of Sarah is a tribute to Motian's music, and from the opening moments it's like stepping ...

The Jazz Mandolin Project at Club Metronome

by Doug Collette
March 11, 2009

The Jazz Mandolin Project Club Metronome Burlington, Vermont February 20, 2009 On the second of just two stops within their northeast home base, The Jazz Mandolin Project, led by Jamie Masefield, played like a finely-tuned unit of musicians who had spent weeks on the road. Noticeable right from ...

Jamie Masefield: Re-Invention

by Doug Collette
June 12, 2006

Jamie Masefieldâ????s professional independence is matched by his artistic integrity, so the recent premiere of his conception of Tolstoyâ????s “How Much Land Does a Man Need" is another innovative change of direction for the leader of The Jazz Mandolin Project. This new work of Masefieldâ????s is an ambitious project involving narration, video and a new original ...

Deep Forbidden Lake

By Jamie Masefield

Label: Lenapee Records
Released: 2005