Results for "Travis Ranney"

Travis Ranney

Fling the Doors Wide

By Kim Maguire

Label: Kimberly D. Records
Released: 2026
Track listing: Nightclub; Have You Met Miss Jones; When I Look in Your Eyes; Miami Beach Rhumba; It Might As Well Be Spring; They Can't Take That Away from Me; Aged & Mellow; Nobody Else But Me; My Favorite Things; Here's to Life; Sunny

Pony Boy All-Star Big Band: This Is Now

by Jack Bowers
November 12, 2024

This Is Now is a venturous and engaging concert date by the Pony Boy All-Star Big Band, taped in May 2024 at Boxley's jazz club in North Bend, Washington. Pony Boy refers to the band's label, Pony Boy Records, while the term All-Star is, as always, in the eye (and ear) of the beholder. Clearly, there ...

Endemic Ensemble: Tangled

by Jack Bowers
April 25, 2017

Notwithstanding a name that sounds like it could be contagious, the Endemic Ensemble is actually a commendable Seattle-based post-bop quintet whose second recording, Tangled, is packed to the brim with luminous melodies, splendid charts and engaging solos by all hands. While nominally a co-op group, the ensemble was founded in 2010 by bassist Steve Messick who ...

Steve Messick: Endemic Ensemble: Tangled

by Paul Rauch
December 3, 2016

Veteran composer/bassist Steve Messick has brought back the eclectic group of musicians he formed in 2010, Endemic Ensemble, for a new album entitled Tangled. The session presents nine new compositions, three each from Messick, pianist David Franklin, and saxophonist Matso Limtiaco. The ensemble, rounded out by drummer Christian Krehbiel, and noted saxophonist Travis Ranney, have created ...