Formed in 1979 as a 9-piece jazz/Latin/fusion collective and were managed at one time by former CKLN program director John Jones.
They achieved an underground hit with "Jungle Beast" from 'Strength In Numbers' LP. The album went to #20 on Scarboro College Radio's Top albums of 1984 and also won Top Album of 1984 at the Black Music Awards.
Manteca performed in Sandinista in 1984, leader Matt Zimbel pledged his support to Tools For Peace, an organization that supplies strictly non-military material aid to the Sandinista government in Nicaragua.
Singles
1982 Manteca (Ready Records)
1984 Strength In Numbers
1986 No Heroes (Duke Street/WEA)
