Nocentelli: Live in San Francisco
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Nocentelli: Live in San Francisco is a live album by funk
guitarist Leo Nocentelli
of The Meters
on the label DJM Records
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The album was recorded at Slim's Nightclub in San Francisco.
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
guitarist Leo Nocentelli
Leo Nocentelli
Leo Nocentelli in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the founding members of the New Orleans funk band, The Meters. He has been credited for popular funk songs such as "Cissy Strut", "People Say" and "Hey Pocky Way"...
of The Meters
The Meters
The Meters are an American funk band based in New Orleans, Louisiana. The Meters performed and recorded their own music from the late 1960s until 1977...
on the label DJM Records
DJM Records
DJM Records was the record label set up in the 1970s by British music publisher, Dick James, distributed by Pye Records in the UK and various other companies around the world, including the USA...
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The album was recorded at Slim's Nightclub in San Francisco.
Track listing
- "Fire on the Bayou/1984"
- "People Say"
- "Que Sera, Sera" (Jay LivingstonJay LivingstonJay Livingston was an American composer and singer best known as half of a songwriting duo with Ray Evans that specialized in songs composed for films. Livingston wrote the music and Evans the lyrics....
, Ray EvansRay EvansRaymond Bernard Evans was an American songwriter. He was a partner in a composing and songwriting duo with Jay Livingston, known for the songs they composed for films...
) - "Hype and the Hoopla" (Leo Nocentelli)
- "Africa"
- "Doops Interlude " (Leo Nocentelli)
- "Come Back Jack" (Leo Nocentelli)
- "Hey Pocky Way "
- "Cissy Strut"
Personnel
- Leo NocentelliLeo NocentelliLeo Nocentelli in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the founding members of the New Orleans funk band, The Meters. He has been credited for popular funk songs such as "Cissy Strut", "People Say" and "Hey Pocky Way"...
- guitar, vocals - Zigaboo ModelisteZiggy ModelisteJoseph Modeliste is an American drummer best known as a founding member of the funk group The Meters. Considered to be one of the most innovative, and highly acclaimed drummers ever to hail from New Orleans, Louisiana, Modeliste is a pioneer of second-line funk...
- drums, vocals - Nick Daniels - bass, vocals
- Kevin Walsh - keyboards