Shane Endsley News

Angel City Arts presents its annual Angel City Jazz Festival October 13 – 29, 2023, at diverse and popular venues such as REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), 2220 Arts & Archives, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), The Moss Theatre, Zebulon, Zipper Hall and The World Stage. Learn more about the festival here!

In its 16th year, 501 (c)(3) Angel City Arts presents the Angel City Jazz Festival October 13 – 29, 2023, at diverse and popular venues such as REDCAT (Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater), 2220 Arts & Archives, LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art), The Moss Theatre, Zebulon, Zipper Hall and The World Stage. Tickets go on sale on July 1.

City Park Jazz has announced the lineup for our 36th annual summer series and Celebration of Community!

Colorado’s iconic Red Rocks Amphitheatre will open its 80th Anniversary season April 21, not with one of the venue’s usual platinum-selling headliners, but with a roster of acts that have performed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic for those in nursing homes, intensive care units, churches or front yards.

Jimmy Chamberlin Complex announce new album Honor, due out September 25th via Make Records. Legendary Smashing Pumpkins drummer Jimmy Chamberlin teams up with bassist/producer Billy Mohler and guitarist Sean Wollstenhulme for Honor, while also featuring Frank Catalano and Kneebody members Adam Benjamin, Ben Wendell and Shane Endsley. 

Bassist/Composer Billy Mohler returns his Focus to jazz after a successful career in rock, pop and R&B production and songwriting. Mohler's leader debut Focus is due out this March via Make Records, featuring a stellar chordless quartet with Shane Endsleyand Nate Wood of Kneebody and Chris Speed of a MULTITUDE of ensembles. 

Pete Sinjin will be celebrating his new family album, House of Song, with a full band performance and party on Sunday, November 8th at The Bell House (149 7th St, Brooklyn). 'Hootenanny Pete' is a beloved Brooklyn treasure, especially to the littlest Brooklynites and their parents. He and his wife Kira opened the Hootenanny Art House in 2007, instilling a love for music in thousands of children in the community. The community they've built through song, supported the making of House of Song by supporting Pete and Kira's Kickstarter campaign which included homemade, hand-delivered chocolate cookies in addition to music. In 13 days the project made 150% of its goal and the album release celebration attracted more than 400 people.

The event 'Glass at 75: A Birthday Sing' previously announced as taking place on Saturday, January 21, at 5:00 p.m., is being postponed to a date later in the season, to be announced.

Music for the American Wing- a weekend of events- marks the completed renovation of the New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture.

Music for the American Wing- a weekend of events- marks the completed renovation of the New American Wing Galleries for Paintings, Sculpture.

Joe's Pub Announces its line up for the week of May 1 - May 6. MAY 1-6: LORI LIEBERMAN Sunday, May 1 at 7:30 PM Best known for the hit song, Killing Me Softly, Liebman's honest and heartfelt lyrics, coupled with her haunting, and beautiful melodies, cut through to the heart of the listener.

Music this weekend at Cornelia Street Cafe includes: Fri Aug 27 9:00PM LATHANFLIN & ALI (Lathan Hardy, saxophone; Sean Ali, bass; Flin Van Hemmen, drums) LathanFlin&Ali is a trio that celebrates and explores the diverse patterns of improvised music. Lathan Hardy plays alto saxophone, Flin van Hemmen plays drums, and Sean Ali plays the contrabass. Together, they weave a tapestry that is the inheritor of 20th century music; joining lush lyricism with aching dissonance, stoic form with dense abstraction, and the serenity of timelessness with the urgency of the present moment. For improvised music par excellence, don't miss LathanFlin&Ali.

Music this weekend at Cornelia Street Cafe includes: Fri Aug 27 9:00PM LATHANFLIN & ALI (Lathan Hardy, saxophone; Sean Ali, bass; Flin Van Hemmen, drums) LathanFlin&Ali is a trio that celebrates and explores the diverse patterns of improvised music. Lathan Hardy plays alto saxophone, Flin van Hemmen plays drums, and Sean Ali plays the contrabass. Together, they weave a tapestry that is the inheritor of 20th century music; joining lush lyricism with aching dissonance, stoic form with dense abstraction, and the serenity of timelessness with the urgency of the present moment. For improvised music par excellence, don't miss LathanFlin&Ali.

This Week At Cornelia Street Cafe Mon Aug 23, 6:00PM SUMMER STORYTELLING FESTIVAL

Born in Illinois from Taiwanese and East Timorese parents, Jen Shyu is a vocalist, composer, improviser, multi-instrumentalist (piano, moon lute, er hu, and violin), and dancer. She is currently a core member of saxophonist Steve Coleman's Five Elements. As a soloist and bandleader now based in New York City, Shyu has focused on expanding the possibilities of voice and dance in the improvisational, experimental jazz, and creative music worlds. She also continues a dying Taiwanese folk tradition on the 2-stringed Taiwanese moon guitar, recently named the first 'Ambassador of Hengchun Folk Music' by Hengchun's mayor.