The octet Manteca consists of Art Avalos/perc, Collen Allen/woodwinds, Charlie Cooley/dr, Mark Ferguson/tb-keys, Will Jarvis/b, Nick Tateishi/g, Doug Wilde/key, Matt Zimbel/perc and a collection of various guests on this four song ep. The band has a fusiony feel, mixing soul and electronica to a canter with nice guitar work by Tateishi on “Avant Cool” while the team gets into a funky Memphis mood with some tenor sax work flying over the chunky beat on “Kowabunga”. Some French vocals are provided on the dreamy lilt of “Miss Meteo” by Lyne Tremblay while Wilde’s piano flows richly, and Ferguson’s trombone work on “Busking in Deadwood”. Audio moods.