The world has long admired the Spanish Harlem born, seven-time
GRAMMY® Award winning PALMIERI AS ONE OF THE FOREMOST LATIN PIANISTS
OF THE LAST HALF-century. His ability to fuse the rhythms of his
Hispanic heritage with the jazz influences of Thelonius Monk and McCoy
Tyner made him an immediate hit when he played New York's Palladium
Ballroom in the '50s and '60s. He has continued to roll on with
stylistic innovations over the years, creating classic Tico albums and
later mixing salsa with R&B, pop, rock, Spanish vocals and more jazz
improvisation.
Known as one of the finest pianists of the past 60 years, Eddie
Palmieri is a bandleader, arranger and composer of salsa and Latin
jazz.
His playing skillfully fuses the rhythm of his Puerto Rican heritage
with the complexity of his jazz influences: Thelonious Monk, Herbie
Hancock, McCoy Tyner as well as his older brother, Charlie Palmieri.
Palmieri’s parents emigrated from Ponce, Puerto Rico to New York
City in 1926. Born in Spanish Harlem and raised in the Bronx, Palmieri
learned to play the piano at an early age, and at 13, he joined his
uncle’s orchestra, playing timbales.
Palmieri’s professional career as a pianist took off with various
bands in the early 1950s including Eddie Forrester, Johnny Segui’s,
and the popular Tito Rodriguez Orchestra. In 1961, Palmieri formed his
own band, La Perfecta, which featured an unconventional front line of
trombones rather than the trumpets customary in Latin orchestras. This
created an innovative sound that mixed American jazz into
Afro-Caribbean rhythms, surprising critics and fans alike. Palmieri
disbanded La Perfecta in 1968 to pursue different musical endeavors,
though he would return to the band’s music in the 2000s.
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