Matt Endahl
@matthewendahl.bsky.social
Pianist / Improviser / Educator
Michigan > Tennessee > Ontario
PhD student at University of Guelph, Critical Studies in Improvisation
Please alternate using he/him and she/her, thanks! I am genderfluid 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
Michigan > Tennessee > Ontario
PhD student at University of Guelph, Critical Studies in Improvisation
Please alternate using he/him and she/her, thanks! I am genderfluid 🏳️⚧️ 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
Marilyn Crispell is visiting Guelph this week! Very much looking forward to working with her, especially at the concert this Saturday evening (7pm ImprovLab). For more details: www.instagram.com/p/DPrG4CyCT9U/ #JazzSky
October 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Marilyn Crispell is visiting Guelph this week! Very much looking forward to working with her, especially at the concert this Saturday evening (7pm ImprovLab). For more details: www.instagram.com/p/DPrG4CyCT9U/ #JazzSky
He recorded numerous albums for Soul Note in the decades that followed, many of which featured his drawings and paintings. In 2010 he died at 84.
Dixon was a brilliant musician and his advocacy for Black music, outside academia and within it, will be an inspiration for generations to come.
Dixon was a brilliant musician and his advocacy for Black music, outside academia and within it, will be an inspiration for generations to come.
October 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
He recorded numerous albums for Soul Note in the decades that followed, many of which featured his drawings and paintings. In 2010 he died at 84.
Dixon was a brilliant musician and his advocacy for Black music, outside academia and within it, will be an inspiration for generations to come.
Dixon was a brilliant musician and his advocacy for Black music, outside academia and within it, will be an inspiration for generations to come.
October 5th was Bill Dixon's 100th birthday. We also just passed the 61st anniversary of Dixon's "October Revolution in Jazz", which brought many of New York's vanguard improvisers together in one festival:
October 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
October 5th was Bill Dixon's 100th birthday. We also just passed the 61st anniversary of Dixon's "October Revolution in Jazz", which brought many of New York's vanguard improvisers together in one festival:
We're approaching the 56th anniversary of the recording of an incredible record...
August 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
We're approaching the 56th anniversary of the recording of an incredible record...
You love to see it
June 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
You love to see it
Recorded 1975, and released by Moses's own record label, Mozown. I love the cover, and also the center labels. Artwork by Ruth Hornbein.
April 26, 2025 at 11:49 PM
Recorded 1975, and released by Moses's own record label, Mozown. I love the cover, and also the center labels. Artwork by Ruth Hornbein.
Damon Hininger was on the board of directors at Belmont when I taught there. He was quietly removed in 2021 after considerable student protest, but he's still profiting off of private prisons ... worth keeping an eye on, especially now.
Source: youtu.be/5Hpgu7wSUQQ?...
Source: youtu.be/5Hpgu7wSUQQ?...
March 10, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Damon Hininger was on the board of directors at Belmont when I taught there. He was quietly removed in 2021 after considerable student protest, but he's still profiting off of private prisons ... worth keeping an eye on, especially now.
Source: youtu.be/5Hpgu7wSUQQ?...
Source: youtu.be/5Hpgu7wSUQQ?...
A welcome update came yesterday from Becky Hom, widow of Jeffrey B. Perry. His book collection will be made available in Manhattan (details TBA). Meanwhile his archives on Hubert Harrison are available at Columbia University, and his archives on Ted Allen are at UMass Amherst. See comments for links
February 27, 2025 at 6:43 PM
A welcome update came yesterday from Becky Hom, widow of Jeffrey B. Perry. His book collection will be made available in Manhattan (details TBA). Meanwhile his archives on Hubert Harrison are available at Columbia University, and his archives on Ted Allen are at UMass Amherst. See comments for links
I was subscribed to a Miles Davis email listserv at the time, and somebody (maybe Jan Lohmann? but I don't remember exactly) shared this page of music from the session.
February 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I was subscribed to a Miles Davis email listserv at the time, and somebody (maybe Jan Lohmann? but I don't remember exactly) shared this page of music from the session.
By the way, if you want a print of this photograph, there's one on eBay right now. It's a Francis Wolff photo from 1954. www.ebay.com/itm/25679671...
February 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
By the way, if you want a print of this photograph, there's one on eBay right now. It's a Francis Wolff photo from 1954. www.ebay.com/itm/25679671...
Today in "Big Tech is screwing up jazz history" news... this is what you see when you search for Fats Navarro on Google. That picture on the left, of course, is Miles Davis. In fact, it's the same picture of Miles Davis that's on the official milesdavis.com website.
February 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today in "Big Tech is screwing up jazz history" news... this is what you see when you search for Fats Navarro on Google. That picture on the left, of course, is Miles Davis. In fact, it's the same picture of Miles Davis that's on the official milesdavis.com website.
image from Tyler King's substack sunra.substack.com/p/faruq-z-be...
February 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
image from Tyler King's substack sunra.substack.com/p/faruq-z-be...
I really like this moment from Stella Winston's interview with Theodore W. Allen. She asks Ted if he remembers the song taught to him by his great uncle Billy McCune, so he sings a little bit for us.
February 13, 2025 at 1:26 AM
I really like this moment from Stella Winston's interview with Theodore W. Allen. She asks Ted if he remembers the song taught to him by his great uncle Billy McCune, so he sings a little bit for us.
Jackie McLean (as), Grachan Moncur III (tb), Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Eddie Khan (b) Tony Williams (d)
April 30, 1963, Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Not Tony's first session, but close!
April 30, 1963, Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Not Tony's first session, but close!
January 31, 2025 at 4:09 AM
Jackie McLean (as), Grachan Moncur III (tb), Bobby Hutcherson (vib) Eddie Khan (b) Tony Williams (d)
April 30, 1963, Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Not Tony's first session, but close!
April 30, 1963, Rudy Van Gelder Studios, Englewood Cliffs, NJ
Not Tony's first session, but close!
I made this very cursed gif shortly after the 2024 election. Seems relevant to post now... though it could use a soundtrack. Maybe Roswell Rudd hollering "I'm riding the escalator!!!"
January 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I made this very cursed gif shortly after the 2024 election. Seems relevant to post now... though it could use a soundtrack. Maybe Roswell Rudd hollering "I'm riding the escalator!!!"