Ozomatli

Ozomatli is a seven-member Founded in 1995, Latin band that plays a mixture of Chicano rock, salsa ( and other Latin American styles such as Merengue, Cumbia, Comparsa ), Funk, Reggae, Rap and fusion.

They see themselves as a band of cultural mixing pot Downtown Los Angeles, where the band members come from. Their first album, Ozomatli ( Almo Sounds) in 1998 reached No. 7 on the Billboard Latin charts. In the same year she invited Carlos Santana as the opening act. The second album Embrace the Chaos 2001 won a Grammy for Best Latin Rock / Alternative Album as well as the album Street Signs of 2004 ( Concord Records). Published in 2005 a live album of the gig at the Fillmore in San Francisco and 2007 Do not mess with the Dragon ( Concord Records).

In 2006, she went on a world tour at the invitation of the U.S. State Department. In 2008, she wrote a song Can not stop the Blue for the Los Angeles Dodgers. In 2010 she appeared on the Boston Pops at the Boston Symphony Orchestra, followed by concerts with symphony orchestras followed further. They are politically engaged (the band was to take strike action to play ) and played frequently at party events of the Democrats.

Among the early members were bassist and rapper Will- Dog Abers, the percussionist Justin Porée and Jiro Yamaguchi, trumpeter Asdru Sierra, guitarist Raul Pacheco and saxophonist / clarinetist Ulisses Bela addition, among other things, the rapper Chali 2na, Cut Chemist played on the turntables, the drummer William Marufo and saxophonist Jose Espinosa on the first album. On the second album from 2001, in addition Andy Mendoza played on the drums in the regular cast.

The occupation 2013 Will- Dog Abers, Raul Pacheco, Justin Porée, Asdru Sierra, Jiro Yamaguchi, Ulisses Bela.

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