Shane Endsley is an American

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, and

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. He is a founding member of

Kneebody Kneebody is an American band formed in 2001, consisting of Adam Benjamin on keyboards, Shane Endsley on trumpet, Ben Wendel on tenor saxophone, and Nate Wood on bass guitar and drums. History Ben Wendel, Shane Endsley, Adam Benjamin, and Kaveh ...

, as well as an active leader and sideman with other

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jazz musicians, as well as with pop and rock musicians such as

Ani DiFranco Angela Maria "Ani" DiFranco (; born September 23, 1970) is an American-Canadian singer-songwriter. She has released more than 20 albums. DiFranco's music has been classified as folk rock and alternative rock, although it has additional influe ...

and

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Background

Endsley was born in 1975 in Denver, Colorado, and studied

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, and

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at the

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, where he met the other members of

. Since then, he has toured and recorded with

and

Steve Coleman Steve Coleman (born September 20, 1956) is an American saxophonist, composer, bandleader and music theorist. In 2014, he was named a MacArthur Fellow. Early life Steve Coleman was born and grew up in South Side, Chicago. He started playing al ...

and has done work with Slavic Soul Party, Ralph Alessi, Tim Berne, Ravi Coltrane, John Hollenbeck and others in the

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and

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scenes. He resides in

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Discography

As leader

* ''2nd Guess'' (Endsley Music, 2002) * ''The Other'' (Low Electrical Records, 2011)

As co-leader

With

* ''Kneebody'' (Koch, 2005) * ''Low Electrical Worker'' (Jazz Engine, 2007) * ''You Can Have Your Moment'' (Winter & Winter, 2010) * ''The Line'' (Concord, 2013) * ''Kneedelus'' (Beat, 2016) * ''Anti-Hero'' (Motema, 2017) * ''Chapters'' (Edition, 2019)

As sideman

With

Ralph Alessi Ralph Alessi (born March 5, 1963) is an American jazz trumpeter, composer, and ECM recording artist. Alessi is known as a virtuosic performer whose critically-acclaimed projects include his Baida Quartet, with Jason Moran, Drew Gress, and Nashee ...

* ''Hissy Fit'' (Love Slave, 1999) * ''Vice & Virtue'' (RKM Music, 2003) * ''Anastomosi'' (Abeat, 2006) With

* ''Genesis & the Opening of the Way'' (RCA Victor, 1997) * ''The Sonic Language of Myth'' (RCA Victor, 1999) * ''The Ascension to Light'' (BMG, 2001) With

* ''Revelling/Reckoning'' (Righteous Babe, 2001) * ''So Much Shouting So Much Laughter'' (Righteous Babe, 2002) * ''Evolve'' (Righteous Babe, 2003) With others *

Ben Allison Ben Allison (born November 17, 1966) is an American double bassist, composer, producer, bandleader, educator. In addition to his work as a performer, he co-founded the non-profit Jazz Composers Collective and served as its Artistic Director for ...

, ''Think Free'' (Palmetto, 2009) * Asphalt Orchestra, ''Asphalt Orchestra'' (Cantaloupe Music, 2010) *

Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard ...

, ''The Bird of Music'' (Our Secret, 2007) *

Jamie Baum Jamie Baum is an American jazz flautist. Career Baum grew up in Bridgeport, Connecticut in a musical family. Her mother studied piano and trombone at Juilliard and her parents often took her to New York City for jazz concerts. Baum attended New ...

, ''Solace'' (Sunnyside, 2008) *

David Binney David Binney (born August 2, 1961) is an American alto saxophonist and composer. Early life Binney was born in Miami, Florida, and was raised in Carpinteria, California. From his parents, who loved music, he was exposed to albums by John C ...

, ''Oceanos'' (Criss Cross, 2007) *

Theo Bleckmann Theodor Raoul Bleckmann (born 28 May 1966) is a German singer and composer. Biography Bleckmann was born in Dortmund, West Germany. He planned to be an ice skater before becoming a vocalist. In 1989 he moved to New York City and recorded his ...

, Kneebody, ''Twelve Songs by Charles Ives'' (Winter & Winter, 2008) *

Michael Cain Michael Cain (born April 2, 1966) is a pianist and composer. Biography Cain attended several universities starting with the University of North Texas. Although initially a jazz major, he found that classical music was occupying more of his ...

, ''Indira'' (ONOFF, 2005) *

Steve Cardenas Stephen Antonio Cardenas (born May 29, 1974) is an American martial artist, musician, and actor. Cardenas is best known for playing the character Rocky DeSantos, which was the second Red Power Ranger in ''Mighty Morphin Power Rangers'' and eventu ...

, ''Melody in a Dream'' (Sunnyside, 2013) *

Ana Egge Ana G. Egge (born September 20, 1976, in Estevan, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a Canadian/American musician and songwriter. Egge grew up the daughter of a teacher and a wheat farmer in Ambrose, North Dakota, and later moved to Silver City, New ...

, ''Out Past the Lights'' (Grace, 2004) * Ana Egge, ''Road to My Love'' (Grace, 2009) * John Ellis, ''Mobro'' (Parade Light, 2014) *

John Escreet John Escreet (born 18 August 1984) is an English jazz pianist. Biography Escreet moved to New York in 2006. In 2008 he graduated from the Master’s Program at Manhattan School of Music, where he studied piano with Kenny Barron and Jason Moran ...

, ''Sabotage and Celebration'' (Whirlwind, 2013) *

Michael Formanek Michael Formanek (born May 7, 1958) is an American jazz bassist born in San Francisco, California, United States, and associated with the jazz scene in New York City, New York. Career In the 1980s, Formanek worked as a sideman with Freddie Hubb ...

, ''The Distance'' (ECM, 2016) *

Joel Harrison Joel Harrison is an American jazz guitarist, singer, composer, and arranger. Career Harrison was born in Washington, D.C. and graduated from Bard College, New York, in 1980 with a Bachelor of Arts in composition and performance. His father was ...

, ''Passing Train'' (Tuition, 2008) *

Matt Keating Matt Keating (born 6 September 1986) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played as a . He played 130 games for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL between 2008 and 2013. Background He is the older brother of the rugby ...

, ''Wrong Way Home'' (Sojourn, 2011) *

Donny McCaslin Donald Paul McCaslin (born August 11, 1966) is an American jazz saxophonist. He has recorded over a dozen albums as a bandleader in addition to many sideman appearances, including on David Bowie's final studio album, ''Blackstar'' (2016). Early ...

, ''Soar'' (Sunnyside, 2006) * Michael McGinnis, ''Tangents'' (RKM Music, 2001) *

Jason Mraz Jason Thomas Mraz (; born June 23, 1977) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He rose to prominence with the release of his debut studio album, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'' (2002), which spawned the single " The Remedy (I Won't ...

, ''Waiting for My Rocket to Come'' (Elektra, 2002) *

Todd Sickafoose Todd Sickafoose is an American jazz and rock musician, composer, and producer/engineer from San Francisco, California. He is best known for playing acoustic bass and keyboards with Ani DiFranco but has also led his own group, Todd Sickafoose's Ti ...

, ''Tiny Resistors'' (Cryptogramophone 2008) * Ohad Talmor, ''Newsreel'' (Auand, 2011) * Ohad Talmor, ''Long Forms'' (Intakt, 2020) * Kate Schutt, ''Telephone Game'' (ArtistShare, 2008) *

Slavic Soul Party! Slavic Soul Party (often stylized Slavic Soul Party!) is an American Balkan brass/jazz band. The band borrows from dixieland, funk, klezmer, and Roma music. The band has performed on stages usually known for rock bands, opening for such acts as A ...

, ''Bigger'' (Barbes, 2005) * Slavic Soul Party!, ''Taketron'' (Barbes, 2009)

References

External links

* Discograph

{{DEFAULTSORT:Endsley, Shane Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Musicians from Denver Eastman School of Music alumni American trumpeters American male trumpeters American drummers American male composers 21st-century American composers 21st-century trumpeters 21st-century American male musicians Kneebody members