ArtistInfo

Manteca

Band, CO
Jazz, Latin and R&B/Soul

Formed by sexy Colombian singer Martha Acosta and bass guitarist/MD Don Fiora (Javier Fioramonti) for the Hogmanay festival in Edinburgh 2001. Manteca proved to be at the cutting edge of the Latin scene, leading over 3,000 people at the World Music Stage "salsa-ing" into the New Year to their unique style of Urban Latin Funk. Since then Manteca is well known for creating a party mood at festivals and gigs all around. Manteca's personnel are all luminaries on the UK Latin scene. The rhythm section comprises powerful drummer Vancho Manoilovich , Satin Singh on congas, and Dave Oliver on keys. In the brass section, Manteca has three top names: trumpeters Paul Jayasinha and Sid Gold , on saxes Ben Somers / Finn Peters and Paul Taylor on Trombone.

Members

	Javier Fioramonti b, bvoc GB
	Martha Acosta bvoc, voc
	David Oliver p, key, bvoc, h