Brooklyn-based trumpeter/percussionist Shane Endsley is an avant-garde, jazz, and post-rock-leaning musician who finds work across a broad spectrum of musical styles from folk to free improvisation. Endsley studied at the Eastman School of Music. After graduating, he found work performing with several artists, including Ani DiFranco and Ravi Coltrane. Endsley co-founded the post-rock/jazz outfit Kneebody and released his debut solo album, 2nd Guess, in 2002 on WenEnd Music. In 2007, Down Beat magazine picked Endsley as one of the Top 25 trumpeters of his generation. In 2011, he returned with Then the Other on Low Electrical Records. ~ Matt Collar