After four years in the Honolulu jazz scene, Detroit native Ryan Enderle returned to Motown as one of the city's top instrumentalists. Ryan's superb training and wide variety or musical influences have made this groove-oriented player a key ingredient in the Detroit jazz scene.
Ryan began guitar lessons in middle school, and added bass in high school. He later received talent scholarships to attend the Jazz Studies Program at Wayne State University in Detroit, where he studied bass with Detroit legend Dan Pliskow. Ryan completed the majority of his degree before enlisting as a musician in the United States Marine Corps in 2002. After four years of service in the USMC Jazz Ensemble and active freelancing in Honolulu, Enderle returned to Wayne State to complete his studies with Dan Pliskow and Detroit Symphony Orchestra principal bassist, Maxim Janowski.
Enderle has been mentored by some of the finest living jazz legends, including John Clayton, Rodney Whittaker, Francois Rabbath, Ben Wolfe, Branford Marsalis, and Ali Jackson.
Ryan performs regularly at Cliff Bell's, Bert's Jazz Marketplace, Baker's Keyboard Lounge, Music Hall Jazz Cafe, Arturo's, Sweet Georgia Brown, CJ's Brewing Company, the Grind, Andiamo Italia, Rooster Tail, La Dolce Vida, and the Detroit Marriot Hotel. Ryan's jazz ensembles perform frequently at private events, including upscale wedding receptions, cocktail hours, and corporate functions.
Ryan has been featured at many popular music festivals , including the Detroit International Jazz Festival, Dall in the Alley, Michigan Jazz Festival, Belle Isle Jazz Festival, Detroit Festival of the Arts, the Great Hawaii Jazz Blowout, Clintondale Jazz Festival, Glebe Music Festival in Sydney, Australia, and the Hawaii Contrabass Festival.
A wide variety of world-renowned artists have shared the stage with Enderle, including Branford Marsalis, Kurt Elling, James Carter, Eddie Daniels, Dr. Bill Taylor, Paul Wertico, Bobby Shew, Barbara Ware, Johnny Trudell, Tad Weed, George "Sax" Benson, Chris Collins, Dean Moore, Dwight Adams, Julien Labro, Ed Stone, John Celebi, and Steve Talaga.
Despite his busy schedule and frequent public performances, Ryan always makes time for his guitar and bass students. Ryan and his wife live in Clarkston.