Jazz Articles about Eddie Palmieri

Eddie Palmieri: Ritmo Caliente

by Ollie Bivens
July 25, 2003

Latin jazz musician Eddie Palmieri has been quoted as saying, “I'm a frustrated percussionist, so I take it out on the piano." On his latest release, he does just that. Palmieri is not a Latin jazz purist. On past records, he has fused Latin and non-Latin music forms. The only track on which this is done here is “Gigue (Bach Goes Bata),” where he combines European classical and Latin jazz music.

And he pulls it off beautifully. It starts out ...