Endemic Ensemble
Tangled
Released on October 21, 2016
Catalog Number: OFM-27009
In 2016, Seattle quintet, Endemic Ensemble, recorded and released Tangled, their second full-length album of original modern mainstream jazz. Tangled is fifty-eight minutes long, featuring Seattle musicians Steve Messick, Travis Ranney, Matso Limtiaco, David Franklin, and Christian Krehbiel. The Endemic Ensemble's composers, Messick, Franklin, and Limtiaco, each wrote three of the nine songs on the album.
Tangled, is packed to the brim with luminous melodies, splendid charts and engaging solos by all hands.
(Endemic Ensemble: Tangled,
Jack Bowers, All About Jazz)
...here is a wonderful recording full of creative compositions and musicians who work together like a well-oiled machine.
(Outstanding Pianists, A Gutsy Guitarist, Bass Band Leaders & Epic Ensembles,
Dee Dee McNeil, Musicalmemoirs's Blog)
What this band best represents (for this listener, anyway) is the POWER that jazz can project, in all it's forms
(Issue #167 reviews,
Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation Nation)
...their original hard bop is groovy and contagious
(Dave Rogers, WTJU)
What recommends Endemic Ensemble's latest version is its non-stop musical hype through a bursting array of sonic colors and styles — pleasant and exciting enough to capture the hearts of both the jazz and non-jazz fans.
(Carol Banks Weber, AXS)
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Track List
| 1. | Sugar Ant — 5:17 — Steven M. Messick |
| 2. | Tangled — 5:56 — David Franklin |
| 3. | The Snort — 5:55 — Steven M. Messick |
| 4. | Change of Scenery — 5:01 — Matso Limtiaco |
| 5. | The Tolovana Stomp — 8:49 — Matso Limtiaco |
| 6. | Maui Chimes — 5:20 — David Franklin |
| 7. | Goodbye, Old Friend — 4:57 — Steven M. Messick |
| 8. | Nassau Place — 7:04 — David Franklin |
| 9. | Retro — 9:39 — Matso Limtiaco |
Musicians
Steve Messick - bandleader, double bass
Travis Ranney - tenor and soprano saxophones
Matso Limtiaco - baritone saxophone and bass clarinet
David Franklin - piano
Christian Krehbiel - drums
Production
Produced by Steve Messick
Recorded by Jay Follette at Avast! Recording, Seattle, WA, June 25 and 30, 2016
Mixed by Don Gunn at The Office, Seattle, WA, July 16-17, 2016
Mastered by Ed Brooks at Resonant Mastering, Seattle, WA, August 19, 2016
Cover artwork and photography by Daniel Johnston
Cover background photograph by Anna Langova
Photography by Katie Messick
Graphic Design by Mark Forrer