Matt Zimbel – Episode 136: Manteca

Matt Zimbel
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For the past 44 years percussionist/producer / composer Zimbel has led the Juno Award-winning nine-piece global / jazz collective Manteca which he cofounded with bassist Henry Heillig in 1979. The group has recorded 14 full-length CD’s, toured the world, and shared stages with Miles Davis, Weather Report, Van Morrison, Ella Fitzgerald and has become one of Canada’s top-selling domestic jazz artists. Manteca’s most recent CD “The Offspring Project” was released globally on September 15, 2023.bežecké tenisky bežecké tenisky bežecké tenisky bogner overal panske teplaky חליפות מידות גדולות נשים lucianosousa.net haynesplumbingllc.com automatický dávkovač mýdla lidl blutuszos mennyezeti lámpa bežecká obuv bežecká obuv שולחנות מתקפלים Mens VANS 2020 bežecká obuv

Zimbel has been a professional percussionist since 1973 and has recorded more than 50 albums with artists such as Daniel Lanois, Cano, Ellen McIlwaine, Lorraine Segato, Lennie Gallant, Phil Dwyer, Lyne Tremblay, West Trainz, Nancy White etc. He has performed live with Leonard Cohen, Robert Paquette, France D’amour, Kevin Parent, Florence K, Ritchie Cole and many others. He has also been a music and broadcast producer and artistic director with credits that include The Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame Induction of Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn, Stephan Venne and Beau Dommage in 2017 at Massey Hall, The Pan Am Games opening in Toronto with Cirque du Soleil for CBC, Canada Day on Parliament Hill, 2001, 2005, 2011, Canada’s Cultural program at Expo 2005 in Japan and Dubai 2020 and album productions for Lyne Tremblay, Lorraine Segato, Phil Dwyer, Manteca, American Dumpster, Lennie Gallant and others. Manteca’s archives have been collected by the National Library of Canada since 1993.

In addition to Zimbel’s work as a musician, he is a published writer, broadcaster, filmmaker and creator of original radio and television programs. In the fall of 2018 he created, wrote and hosted the 7-hour limited series for Jazz FM in Toronto called “Road Stories”. Matt has also co-created and hosted numerous prime-time national radio and television programs for

CBC including (Café au Lait 93 & Rad Radio 95) and was awarded the Toronto ACTRA Award for best radio host in 1986 for his CKLN show “Breakfast of Champions”. In November of 2020 he launched the original podcast “Yes We Canada” which completed its’ first 26 episode season and is currently producing season two. Zimbel has hosted feature interviews with Leonard Cohen, Robbie Robertson, Buffy St. Marie, Emmy Lou Harris, Shirley Temple Black, k.d. Lang, Steve Allan, Etta James and author’s Ann Rice and James Michener.

He has written, directed, and produced numerous documentaries, the most recent of which was the 2015 feature documentary “Zimbelism” on his father, the renowned photographer George Zimbel, which he co-directed with Jean Francois Gratton and which appeared in festivals all over the world including Beijing, Shanghai, London, Barcelona, Los Angeles, Salem and Toronto’s Hot Docs where it was a finalist for the audience award.

Check out Matt’s Podcast and website (more information here): Yes We Can ADA

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Website: https://manteca-music.com/

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