Matthew Endahl is a pianist, composer and educator, currently based in Guelph, ON. From 2013 to 2022 lived in Nashville, TN where I played in groups led by Jeff Coffin, Joel Frahm, Chester Thompson, Dara Tucker, Rahsaan Barber, Marcus Finnie, and many others. I’ve shared the stage with legendary figures like Jimmy Heath, Henry Grimes, David Liebman, Duffy Jackson, Jane Ira Bloom, Arthur Blythe, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Marcus Belgrave, Roger Humphries, Dave Douglas, Nicolas Bearde, and Karrin Allyson.
From 2003-2013, I lived and worked in Ann Arbor, MI where I was a student of Geri Allen, Ellen Rowe and Stephen Rush at the University of Michigan. I played with many groups, including the James Hughes/Jimmy Smith Quintet, Liquid Street, the Legendary Wings, and Balkan-jazz band Ornamatik. I led my own group, Symbology (2006-2008) and was the leader of Canterbury House band Quartex (2009-2013).
In 2008 I was selected as a Bösendorfer Montreux Jazz Solo Piano Competition semi-finalist, and from 2008-2013, I was on the music faculty at Hillsdale College. Until 2022, I taught at Belmont University, Middle Tennessee State University, the Nashville Jazz Workshop. I am currently doing doctoral work in Critical Studies in Improvisation at the University of Guelph.
CONTACT: mattendahl @ gmail DOT com