Steve Messick's Endemic Ensemble at Tula's

The Endemic Ensemble returns to Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club for an evening of original jazz.

Founded by bassist Steve Messick in early 2010, the Endemic Ensemble performs original modern jazz influenced by '60s hard bop, big band, and 19th and 20th century classical music, and is described as having "swinging rhythm, great tunes and purposeful playing - always in the service of the song, and usually anchored in the blues" (Lucid Culture).

"Their original hard bop is groovy and contagious" (Dave Rogers, WTJU)

“What this band best represents (for this listener, anyway) is the POWER that jazz can project, in all [its] forms” (Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation Nation)...

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The Endemic Ensemble returns to Tula's Restaurant & Jazz Club for an evening of original jazz.

Founded by bassist Steve Messick in early 2010, the Endemic Ensemble performs original modern jazz influenced by '60s hard bop, big band, and 19th and 20th century classical music, and is described as having "swinging rhythm, great tunes and purposeful playing - always in the service of the song, and usually anchored in the blues" (Lucid Culture).

"Their original hard bop is groovy and contagious" (Dave Rogers, WTJU)

“What this band best represents (for this listener, anyway) is the POWER that jazz can project, in all [its] forms” (Dick Metcalf, Improvijazzation Nation)

“Great writing, great players and great times...what more could you ask for?” (Jazz Now! Seattle)

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