The Jacob Jolliff Band (Thu)

Jacob Jolliff is one of the world’s premier contemporary mandolinists. In 2011,  he graduated from Berklee College of Music, having studied there on a full  scholarship. The following year, in 2012, he won the USA’s National Mandolin  Championship in Winfield, KS. A fixture of the bluegrass scene, he has  performed and collaborated with Béla Fleck, Tony Trischka, Michael Daves,  Grant Gordy, Wes Corbett, and Alex Hargreaves, to name a few. Additionally,  throughout his 20s, he toured as a member of the groups Joy Kills Sorrow and  Yonder Mountain String Band. Currently, his focus is on his own ensemble, The  Jacob Jolliff Band—one of the most cutting-edge progressive bluegrass groups  on the scene today. They’ve released three albums, the most recent of which,  “Instrumentals, Vol. 2: Mandolin Mysteries,” dropped in May 2024. The band  plays a combination of complex original instrumental music and vocal repertoire  that spans from trad bluegrass to unlikely pop covers. Improvisation and the  ensemble interplay are at the forefront.