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Craig Taborn, Jazz, Kneebody, Matt Brewer, Nate Wood, Shane Endsley, Trumpet
“an excellent new quartet that will have its first album out next month. The band played through irregular grooves beautifully. . . . strong and controlled . . .” – The New York Times
(on The Music Band’s performance at The 2011 Winter Jazzfest)

Shane Endsley and The Music Band - Then The Other
” . . . a joyous tribute to music – jazz and otherwise” – All About Jazz
(on The Music Band’s performance at The 2011 Winter Jazzfest)
“Jazz keeps slowly widening, and the young trumpeter Shane Endsley is working calmly and effectively at the perimeter.” – The New York Times
On May 4 at The Cornelia Street Cafe, Shane Endsley celebrates the release of his new recording on Kneebody’s new label, Low Electrical Records, Shane Endsley and The Music Band – Then The Other. Endsley will be appearing with Craig Taborn (piano), Matt Brewer (bass), and Nate Wood (drums).
In addition to his work with the Grammy-nominated band Kneebody, and leading The Music Band, Endsley has been working with some of today’s most exemplary and hippest musicians, including Chris Speed, Charlie Hunter and Ben Allison. With the release of Then The Other, featuring Craig Taborn (piano), Matt Brewer (bass) and Ted Poor (drums), Endsley once again hits the ground running as a bandleader with an album of acoustic quartet music that switch-hits with tunes that are lively and euphonious, to music that posseses a hushed qui vive. Continue reading