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Eddie Palmieri Remembered And Celebrating The Diversity Of Latin Jazz
by Hobart Taylor
Honoring Pianist Eddie Palmieri, and new music from Gonzalo Rubacalba, Rachel Therrien and the Steven Oquendo Latin Jazz Orchestra. Playlist Eddie Palmieri “Que lindo Eso, eh?" from Superimposition (Fania) 00:00 Eva Novoa Daniel Carter Francisco Mela “Mainstream Media" from The Freedom Suite Vol. 2 (577) 7:44 Adrian Quesada Mireya Ramos “Cuatro Vidas" from Boleros Psicodelicos II (Self-Produced) 9:37 Host Speaks 13:38 Beny Esguerra “Somos el Dorado" from Somos el Dorado (Lulaworld) 15:21 Ibelisse Guardia Ferragutti Frank Rosaly “Mestizx" ...
Continue ReadingEddie Palmieri: Latin Jazz Standard-Bearer
by R.J. DeLuke
This article was first published on All About Jazz on October 8, 2003. Eddie Palmieri has enjoyed a long career presenting Latin music to the United States and to the world. It's his calling, for sure, but it may be more than that. You see, Palmieri feels that the music he brings--dance music with the excitement that comes from real Cuban-based rhythms first, and jazz or other flavors second--may be dying out. The baton for keeping ...
Continue ReadingRIP Eddie Palmieri, New Music from Karla Harris, Joe Farnsworth, and more, Birthday Music from Tony Bennett, Benny Carter, Allan Holdsworth, and More
by David W. Daniels
This program features classic jazz, current jazz that is in the tradition of classic jazz, jazz fusion, and music by local (Atlanta) artists covering all forms of jazz. Today's program pays homage to the recently transitioned Eddie Palmieri during our classic jazz segment. In our new music segment, tracks from recent releases and advance tracks are played, including music from Karla Harris, Paul Harrison, Nathan & Noah East, Gerald Clayton and Alex Sipiagin. During the final hour of the show, ...
Continue ReadingOctober Blue Note 50th's, Eddie Palmieri and More
by Marc Cohn
Blue Note 50th anniversary salutes from October 1969 by guitarist Grant Green, Reuben Wilson, Lee Morgan, Duke Pearson with Airto and Bobby Hutcherson with voices. We also feature tracks from La Perfecta II by Eddie Palmieri, who performed in Baton Rouge earlier this week. Along the way: vocalist Aimee Allen, Eddie Harris (from his first date with legendary guitarist Joe Diorio), Thelonious Monk solo and a groove out the door with Chicago's Soul Message Band. Enjoy the show!
Continue ReadingEddie Palmieri: Sabiduria/Wisdom
by James Nadal
In celebration of his eightieth birthday, and sixty years as a professional musician, pianist Eddie Palmieri presents Sabiduria/Wisdom, a prodigious testament to his avowed spirit of investigation, and amazing zest for life. Throughout his illustrious recording career, Palmieri has expanded upon the complexities of Afro-Caribbean rhythms, combining them with the serious elements in the melodic and harmonic structures of jazz, to come up with what he refers to as dance music. With his renowned trademark percussive attack on the piano, ...
Continue ReadingThe Brian Lynch / Eddie Palmieri Project: Simpatico
by Russ Musto
Brian Lynch is one of the most proficient “bilingual" artists in music--equally adept in both jazz and Latin genres. On this superb collaboration with piano giant Eddie Palmieri, the virtuoso trumpeter brings together his wealth of experience in both fields in a scintillating synthesis that is intelligent, exciting and truly personal. Lynch's understanding of Palmieri's unique brand of salsa con jazz sensibility is accurately described by the date's title, and the music here is the product of a truly sympathetic ...
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