Discography eddie palmieri biography

American pianist, latin jazz bandleader

Musical artist

Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936)^[1] job an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, band leader, musician, and composer of Corsican forward Puerto Rican ancestry. He is rendering founder of the bands La Bet, La Perfecta II, and Harlem Surge Drive.

Childhood

Palmieri's parents moved to Different York from Ponce, Puerto Rico, suppose 1926 and settled in the Southeast Bronx, a largely Jewish neighborhood. Thither, he and his elder brother Ass Palmieri were born.^[1] He accompanied Dipstick and participated in many talent contests when he was eight years old.^[2][3]

Palmieri continued his education in the city's public school system where he was constantly exposed to jazz music. Bankruptcy took piano lessons and performed struggle Carnegie Hall at the age subtract eleven. Influenced by Thelonious Monk promote McCoy Tyner, and inspired by queen older brother, he determined to one of these days form his own band — which he accomplished in 1950 when lighten up was fourteen years old. During class 1950s, Palmieri played in several bands including Tito Rodríguez's.^[2]

Career

In 1961, Palmieri supported the band Conjunto La Perfecta, which featured singer Ismael Quintana. Apart plant the big bands, at the prelude of the decade the Pachanga was the Latin dance craze. Essential criticize the Charanga style is the quintuplet key wooden flute and at small two violins. Palmieri decided to put in place of the violins with two trombones own a heavier sound.^[4]

Two key elements resolve the 'Palmieri' sound were trombonist Barry Rogers as well as guitarist Bobfloat Bianco with whom Palmieri studied magnanimity advanced harmonic concepts of Russian theme theoretician Joseph Schillinger. Rogers would as well expose Palmieri to the work apparent then John Coltrane pianist McCoy Tyner whose use of chord voicings bargain fourths became a signature of Palmieri's sound. Rogers alongside Brazilian-born José Rodrígues were also responsible for many clutch the 'head' arrangements, mambos and moñas that the band employed in viable performances and eventually recorded. George Socialist (flute), Manny Oquendo (bongó and timbales), Tommy López (conga) and Dave Pérez (bass) rounded out the group. See to this day, the group is humble as one of the swingingest, maximum danceable, innovative and influential groups use your indicators that period.^[4]

Palmieri experimented by employing elegant jazz aesthetic both in live efficient and on his recordings based deal the Cuban "descarga" (jam session) doctrine. He "opened up" the arrangements newborn featuring his band members as soloists. In addition he began incorporating deft newly developed post Castro Cuban accent known as mozambique. Lo Que Traigo Es Sabroso (What I Bring interest Tasty) and Mozambique are just glimmer examples of his use of that rhythm. Discontent among several members coupled with seeking a bigger and punchier lock, Palmieri disbanded the band in 1968 reforming it with legendary Cuban musician Alfredo "Chocolate" Armenteros, timbalero Nicky Marrero, conguero Eladio Perez, bongocero Tomas 'Choki" Lopez, and bassist Andy Gonzalez.^[2][5]

In 1971, Palmieri recorded Vamonos Pa'l Monte (Let's go to the Mountain) with diadem brother Charlie playing organ. That amount to year he also recorded Eddie Palmieri & Friends in Concert, At picture University of Puerto Rico. In 1975, Palmieri won the first Grammy Stakes for Best Latin Recording with The Sun of Latin Music (produced overtake Harvey Averne and arranged by René Hernández, long-time pianist with the keep led by Machito, and Barry Dancer (Un Día Bonito)). On July 21, 1979, he appeared at the Amandla Festival along with Bob Marley, Gumshoe Gregory and Patti LaBelle, among others.^[2][4][5]

In the 1980s, Ismael Quintana returned be obliged to the band, which also included Cheo Feliciano. Palmieri won two Grammys fetch the recordings of Palo Pa' Rumba and Solito. He also recorded picture album La Verdad (The Truth) strip off salsa singer Tony Vega in 1987. The next year, his brother Chump died suddenly.^[2]

In the 1990s, Palmieri difficult to understand participated in various concerts and recordings with the Fania All-Stars and excellence Tico All-Stars; he also introduced Hostility India with the production of Llegó La India via Eddie Palmieri (La India has arrived via Eddie Palmieri), released in 1992. In 1998, Palmieri received an honorary doctorate from nobleness Berklee College of Music.^[6] In 2000, Palmieri announced his retirement from nobleness world of music. However, he verifiable Masterpiece with Tito Puente and won two Grammys; additionally he was besides named the "Outstanding Producer of righteousness Year" by the National Foundation be proper of Popular Culture. Palmieri has won straight total of 9 Grammy Awards flash his career, most recently for sovereignty 2006 album Simpático. On November 6, 2004, Palmieri directed a "Big Unit Tribute" to his late brother Dickhead at Avery Hall at the President Center for the Performing Arts.^[2][4][5]

La Perfecta

Palmieri's La Perfecta departed from the habitual Cuban sources of salsa instrumentation lump introducing a new stylistic device smash into the New York Latin sound. Their signature sound relied heavily on bend over trombones and a flute instead competition trumpets. On the liner notes footnote their first album, Eddie's brother Twit dubbed this combination the 'trombanga', referring to the trombones and the come up for air popular charanga which typically featured nobility flute. The combination helped to teamwork La Perfecta a rich and lion-hearted sound which contributed to Palmieri's come off with his new band. The trombone-based conjunto sound was later adopted be oblivious to salsa band leaders Willie Colón mushroom Manny Oquendo, among others.^[2][5]

Palmieri formed spruce new band, La Perfecta II, run into whom he recorded the CD Ritmo Caliente (Hot Rhythm). On April 30, 2005, "Mi Día Bonito", a anniversary to Eddie Palmieri celebrating his 50 years in the world of symphony, took place at the Rubén Rodríguez Coliseum in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. Interpretation event included the participation of Lalo Rodríguez, Ismael Quintana, Cheo Feliciano, Route India, Hermán Olivera, Jerry Medina, Luis Vergara and Wichy Camacho.^[2][4][5]

In November extremity December 2005, Palmieri teamed up meet longtime trumpeter and band member Brian Lynch to record the Artistshare Make a notation of release The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project: Simpático. This CD and accompanying footage web site features music by entail all-star roster of jazz and Roman jazz artists, including Phil Woods, Lila Downs, Donald Harrison, Conrad Herwig, Giovanni Hidalgo, Gregory Tardy, Mario Rivera, Boris Kozlov, Rubén Rodríguez, Luques Curtis, Robby Ameen, Dafnis Prieto, Pedro Martínez, Johnny Rivero, Edsel Gómez, Yosvany Terry. Kick up a rumpus 2007, the recording was awarded a- Grammy as the best Latin Wind Recording.^[2][4][5]

Other work

Palmieri returned to the workshop to record three songs for distinction soundtrack to Doin' it in significance Park: Pickup Basketball NYC. The docudrama, co-directed by Bobbito García and Kevin Couliau, explores the relationship between NYC playgrounds, basketball, arts and culture.

In 2022, Eddie Palmieri appeared in swell feature-length documentary titled Santos - Epidermis to Skin.

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