Live at the Fillmore (Ozomatli album)
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Live at the Fillmore is Ozomatli
's second live album (although the first to receive widespread distribution). The album was released as a CD/DVD, the DVD being the same performance, with extra tracks, and also special features. It was recorded at The Fillmore
, an auditorium in San Francisco.
Ozomatli
Ozomatli is a seven to ten piece band playing primarily Latin, hip hop, and rock music, formed in 1995 in Los Angeles. They are known both for their vocal activist viewpoints and their wide array of musical styles - including salsa, jazz, funk, reggae, rap, and others.In a 2007 NPR interview, band...
's second live album (although the first to receive widespread distribution). The album was released as a CD/DVD, the DVD being the same performance, with extra tracks, and also special features. It was recorded at The Fillmore
The Fillmore
The Fillmore Auditorium is a historic music venue in San Francisco, California, made famous by Bill Graham. Named for its original location at the intersection of Fillmore Street and Geary Boulevard, it lies on the boundary of the Western Addition and the Pacific Heights neighborhoods.In 1968,...
, an auditorium in San Francisco.
CD Track Listing
- Dos Cosas Ciertas - 3:50
- Believe - 6:39
- (Who Discovered) America? - 4:11
- Eva - 4:59
- Saturday Night - 4:16
- Cuando Canto - 5:15
- Chango - 4:46
- Love and Hope - 4:57
- Como Ves - 2:45
- La Misma Canción - 7:54
DVD Chapter Listing
- Intro
- Dos Cosas Ciertas
- Believe
- (Who Discovered) America?
- Street Signs
- Elevation; Coming Up Part 2
- Cumbia de los Muertos
- Saturday Night
- Cuando Canto
- Chango
- Esa Morena
- Love and Hope
- Como Ves
- La Misma Canción
- SambaSambaSamba is a Brazilian dance and musical genre originating in Bahia and with its roots in Brazil and Africa via the West African slave trade and African religious traditions. It is recognized around the world as a symbol of Brazil and the Brazilian Carnival...
Personnel
Ozomatli- Wil-Dog AbersWil-Dog AbersWilly "Wil-Dog" Abers is a bassist primarily for the LA-based Ozomatli band, but has also played in Los Super Seven, a Latin rock supergroup.- Early life :...
– bassBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocalsSingingSinging is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments... - Ulises Bella – saxophoneSaxophoneThe saxophone is a conical-bore transposing musical instrument that is a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to that of the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by the Belgian instrument maker Adolphe Sax in 1846...
, vocals, clarinet - Sheffer Bruton – tromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Mario CalireMario CalireMario Calire was a drummer for American rock band The Wallflowers. He is currently a drummer for Ozomatli.Mario Calire's experience with drums goes back as far as he can remember. He grew up surrounded by music and credits his saxophone- and piano-playing father, Jimmy Calire, for teaching him the...
– drumsDrum kitA drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person .... - DJ Spinobi – turntablesPhonographThe phonograph record player, or gramophone is a device introduced in 1877 that has had continued common use for reproducing sound recordings, although when first developed, the phonograph was used to both record and reproduce sounds...
- Jabu – rapRappingRapping refers to "spoken or chanted rhyming lyrics". The art form can be broken down into different components, as in the book How to Rap where it is separated into “content”, “flow” , and “delivery”...
- Raúl Pacheco – guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
, vocals - Justin Porée – percussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration...
, rap vocals - Asdru Sierra – lead vocals, trumpetTrumpetThe trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...
, keyboardKeyboard instrumentA keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments... - Jiro Yamaguchi – percussion, tablaTablaThe tabla is a popular Indian percussion instrument used in Hindustani classical music and in popular and devotional music of the Indian subcontinent. The instrument consists of a pair of hand drums of contrasting sizes and timbres...