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# mattendahl.com

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## Pages

- [Home](https://mattendahl.com/) - Thanks for checking out my webpage! Explore using the links above. Last updated, June 2026. You can also go to my Linktree page to see various projects and social media accounts.
- [A New Burst Of Bloom](https://mattendahl.com/a-new-burst-of-bloom/) - A New Burst Of Bloom is an open-form compositional process using notation which specifies numbers of people, rather than pitches or rhythm: After a few years of working with this notation, I settled on the name groupings for "numbers of people". So it made sense to call the notation itself grouping notation. A grouping is a
- [Schedule](https://mattendahl.com/schedule/) - Upcoming/Past Performances 2026 Dec 4 - Tracy Lee, Manhattan's, Guelph ON, 7pmNov 14 - Solo piano, the Lost Key, Stratford ON, 9p-12aNov 6 - Tracy Lee, Manhattan's, Guelph ON, 7pmOct 24 - Tracy Lee, Manhattan's, Guelph ON, 7pmOct 17 - Rahsaan Barber & Everyday Magic, Nashville Jazz Workshop, Nashville TN, 8pmOct 16 - Rahsaan Barber
- [Jacob's Ladder](https://mattendahl.com/jacobs-ladder/) - Jacob's Ladder is a large group improvisationstructured around the DNA nucleotides adenine, guanine, cytosine and thymine. See the archive below for information on each performance since 2012.Still under construction, please pardon any errors or omissions. May 24th, 2026St. John's Downtown KitchenerKitchener, ON GCAT jashen edwards, trumpet & flugelhornMatt Endahl, pianoBruce Gremo, flutesBea Labikova, saxophones &
- [Discography](https://mattendahl.com/discography/) - Discography ...as a leader or co-leader Endahl / Montgomery / Wires / Westberry - Myotome (Sound Mansion, 2025)Nashville Improvisation Ensemble - Volume I - III (Sound Mansion, 2024)cagematch - Seattle 2017 (Sound Mansion, 2019)Matt Endahl's Doomsday Philharmonic - Jacob's Ladder (Sound Mansion, 2018)Matt Endahl - The Reflector (Holy Cheever Church Records, 2008) ...as a sideperson Jacob Jezioro - Blue Adrift
- [Grouping Notation Extras](https://mattendahl.com/grouping-notation-extras/) - Hello! This page goes into more details about grouping notation.If you're looking for an introduction to the process, look here :) How did grouping notation originate? In 2012 I was in the Creative Arts Orchestra at the University of Michigan. Mark Kirschenmann was our director, and he brought us an exercise called"rolling duos". Two people
- [Sound Mansion Recordings](https://mattendahl.com/sound-mansion-recordings/) - In early 2008 I was researching how to expand the vocabulary of the piano using amplification. I was listening to a lot of noise and experimental recordings (Aaron Dilloway, Kevin Drumm, C Spencer Yeh, and Caroliner were in heavy rotation at this time), and I started experimenting with a set-up using a contact microphone and
- [Other Projects](https://mattendahl.com/other-projects/) - The Don Ellis Web Archive - a project that I started back in 2000 to document the life and work of trumpeter and composer Don Ellis. Mostly defunct, although I make minor updates once in a while. The Jazz Composer's Orchestra Information Page - a compilation of images and information from album jackets by the Jazz Composer's
- [Biography](https://mattendahl.com/biography/) - Biography From 2013 to 2022 I lived in Nashville, TN where I played in groups led by Rahsaan Barber, Dara Tucker, Chester Thompson, Marcus Finnie, Jeff Coffin, Joel Frahm, 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,
- [Videos](https://mattendahl.com/videos/) - Enjoy some videos from over the years!