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THE OFFSPRING PROJECT

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