JMP performs How Much Land Does a Man Need
Back home in VT to start off 2007!
And more dates to follow in the area

This marks the first local performance of this unique piece since it’s two night sold out debut in Burlington at the Flynn Space in April 2006.

The first of three new performances will be at
Middlebury College Performing Arts Center
Saturday January 20th, 2007
Doors at 7:30pm, show starts promptly at 8:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION
See this page for more info

Then we have The Water Street Music Hall in Rochester NY on February 2nd, and The Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute in Utica NY on Februsary 3rd. See the show dates page for more info. Or better yet come out to see the beginning of what should be an amazing year for JMP!

The lineup for these shows will be:

Peter Apfelbaum - Woodwinds, Keyboard, Percussion
Originally from Berkeley CA. Peter moved to Brooklyn NY in 1998. He’s best known as the leader of The New York Hieroglyphics.He collaborated on a number of projects with the famous avant garde trumpeter, Don Cherry and has toured with such luminaries as Trey Anastasio, Nana Vascancelos, Cecil Taylor and Bill Laswell.

Sean Dixon - Drums
Originally from Milwaukee, Sean has been a free-lance musician in NYC for ten years, working with various singer/songwriters and jazz, blues, and African artists.


Michael O'Brien - Upright Bass
Originally from Minneapolis, recently moved to NYC. Michael performed with the Merce Cunningham Dance Company at Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has toured with The Jazz Mandolin Project for two years.

Elena Pankratov - Narration (prerecorded voice on DVD)
Before immigrating to the US in 1974, Elena lived in Moscow where she wrote about ancient Buddhism in Sri Lanka and India. Since then she has taught Russian Literature at Boston College, M.I.T. Harvard and Wellesley College where she specialized in 19th century literature and folklore. Since retiring, she has been writing a book comparing Turgenev and Henry James.

Jamie Masefield - Mandolin
Performing traditional New Orleans jazz on the tenor banjo was Jamie’s first musical endeavor. In 1993 he began The Jazz Mandolin Project which has toured nationally ever since.