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| Born: Dec 15, 1936 in New York, NY | Avg.User Rating: 95 Ratings |
| Genre: Latin, Charanga |
| Styles: Salsa, New York Salsa, Latin Jazz, Afro-Cuban Jazz, Cuban Jazz, Afro-Cuban, Fusion, Latin Soul, Boogaloo |
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| Biography: Eddie Palmieri is one of the foremost Latin jazz pianists of the last half of the 20th century, blessed with a technique that fuses such ubiquitous jazz influences as the styles of Herbie Hancock, Thelonious Monk, and McCoy Tyner into a Latin context. No purist, he has also shown a welcome willingness ...Read full biography |
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Released: 1973 Label: Sony BMG Critics' Rating:  A master of the traditional and the progressive, the styles of the past and the bright, swinging future, Eddie Palmieri is one of the most influential Latino pianists of the 20th century. His extreme versatility ...Read full reviewReleased: 1962 Label: Fania / Umgd Critics' Rating:  One of the best albums released by one of Palmieri's best bands, La Perfecta features 12 crisp, uptempo songs ranging from guajiras to pachangas to sones montuno -- with a cha-cha-cha thrown in for good ...Read full review
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