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THE OFFSPRING PROJECT

MMUSIC
Release Date: August 25, 2023

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A Neon Jazz Interview with Jazz Composer Matt Zimbel from the Canadian Band Manteca
Almagogo - From The Offspring Sessions
Road Stories at Revolution
1 DRAGONS CURVE IN THE SKY  
2 ALMAGOGO  
3 ENDLESS FOLLIES  
4 ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE  
5 HIT RECORD  
6 FUTURE CALLING  
7 BLUE SHADOW  
8 LOOK TO THE SUN  
9 GENTLE GIANT  
10 PIONEERS  
11 A DRESS YOU CAN DANCE IN  
12 ON A LARK  
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The Offspring Sessions invited nine very accomplished young musicians, the children of Manteca members, to collaborate in the composition, arranging and recording of Manteca’s 14th CD release, The Offspring Project ,which was recorded live in front of a studio audience at Revolution Studios in Toronto in October of 2022.  

Over the past four decades this nine-piece global-jazz artists collective has become a family, one of profound respect and enduring friendships. The offspring of Manteca’s musicians have grown up in this musical family... backstage, proudly wearing their “All Access” passes, raiding candy at the craft table, sound asleep on the studio couch while a mix played back at ear-blistering levels, or starry-eyed when the tour bus came to fetch Mom or Dad. In some cases, their parents had left the band long before they

The Offspring……Lucas Zimbel, Maddy & Suzy Wilde, Christopher Avalos, Ben Dwyer, Gabriel Davis, Alex Tait, Edwin Sheard, Jake Koffman, Hunter Logue, Virginia MacDonald, were born and they had only heard tales of Manteca’s exploits on the road, and likely not as bedtime stories!

Manteca - Colleen Allen, Charlie Cooley, Doug Wilde, Art Avalos, Matt Zimbel, Mark Ferguson, Jason Logue,
Will Jarvis, Nick Tateshi.    Special Guests Lyne Tremblay vocals, James Ervin trumpet

  • Manteca has the youngers make their mark on 'The Offspring Project' / fyi music news
    Posted At: October 5, 2023
    “…a deliciously uncategorizable blend of cinematic instrumental jamband rock, with tinges of Balkan and Middle Eastern music…one of the most intriguingly unique records to come over the transom here …”- New York Music DailyOn September 15, Manteca’s fourteenth recording, “The Offspring Project,” was released internationally via MMUSIC. Founded in Toronto in 1979, Manteca has played to wildly enthusiastic cr...

  • 'Conversations with Musicians with Leah Roseman' features: Manteca's Matt Zimbel
    Posted At: August 30, 2023
    Leah Roseman writes…..Matt Zimbel is a percussionist with the band Manteca, and also an award-winning writer, producer, documentary filmmaker, artistic director, broadcast executive and radio and tv host. In this fascinating episode he shares his insights gained from a wealth of experience across the music industry. We speak near the beginning about his father the photographer George Zimbel, who died this p...
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