Palo Pa Rumba
Eddie Palmieri
Live in Connecticut
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Salsa, Latin jazz, Nuyorican Soul…it all runs together in the work of pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri.
At the 5:00 minute mark Palmieri takes flight. The trumpet player takes his solo at 8:40.
This is improvisational music that loves the lyric, the dance, and the drums.
Born to Puerto Rican parents in the South Bronx in 1936, Palmieri was immersed in jazz as a youngster and his heroes and found his career is salsa, a music that loves tight, hot brass and complex interwoven rhythms.
With Cuba re-opening, get ready for the flood…
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