Fillmore East acts to play the Fillmore East was Jimi Hendrix. His album "Band of Gypsys" was recorded live on New Year's Day 1970. However, even before Hendrix hit the stage, British blues-rock trio Cream played the Fillmore East when it was called the "Village Theater" on September 20 & 23 1967. The Kinks played October 17th and 18th, 1969, supported by the Bonzo Dog Band. John Lennon and Yoko Ono sat in with Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention at the theater on June 6, 1971. The Allman Brothers Band played so many shows at Fillmore East that they were
Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West Black Beauty: Miles Davis at Fillmore West is a live double album by American jazz trumpeter, composer, and bandleader Miles Davis. It was recorded on April 10, 1970, at the Fillmore West in San Francisco, shortly after the release of the trumpeter's "Bitches Brew" album and the recording of "Jack Johnson" (1971). "Black Beauty" was produced by Teo Macero, Davis' longtime record producer. A jazz-rock album, "Black Beauty" captured one of Davis' first performances at a rock venue during the early stages of . At the concert, he led his band—saxophonist Steve Grossman,