Manteca – The Offspring Project (2023) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Manteca – The Offspring Project (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time – 52:34 minutes | 1,04 GB | Genre: Jazz
Studio Masters, Official Digital Download | Front Cover | © Pheromone Distribution – Fontana North

It was a grey fall day in 2020, mid-pandemic. I’m driving along Sherbrooke Street in Montreal, talking on the phone, handsfree, of course, to our woodwind department, Colleen Allen:
“I feel like the next record should be a project, something with an idea behind it. We’ve been making records since 1979; if we just do another eight songs, what’s the story? Who’s going to care about that?”
“You mean like a concept album?”
I could hear a slight giggle in her voice.
“A concept album. Really?”
Now, by way of backstory, this “concept album” concept has been trending in our community. Usually, it’s the jazz rereading of a pop, rock or classical recording. But for us, composing is half the fun, so why would we subcontract the writing out to a dead white guy?
“Why don’t we do something with some of the young players who are coming up?” Colleen suggests.

Tracklist:
1-1. Manteca – DRAGONS CURVE IN THE SKY (03:58)
1-2. Manteca – ALMAGOGO (03:19)
1-3. Manteca – ENDLESS FOLLIES (03:22)
1-4. Manteca – ANECDOTAL EVIDENCE (05:07)
1-5. Manteca – HIT RECORD (01:08)
1-6. Manteca – FUTURE CALLING (04:36)
1-7. Manteca – BLUE SHADOW (05:35)
1-8. Manteca – LOOK TO THE SUN (04:34)
1-9. Manteca – GENTLE GIANT (05:30)
1-10. Manteca – PIONEERS (04:35)
1-11. Manteca – A DRESS YOU CAN DANCE IN (04:31)
1-12. Manteca – ON A LARK (06:14)

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