Eddie Palmieri, renowned pianist, composer and director of New York orchestra of Puerto Rican origin, widely recognized for his innovations in Latin music, especially in the genres of salsa and Latin jazz, has died at age 88.
Palmieri was a band director of ‘Sun of Latin Music’, the iconic 1976 album that put a quinceañero Lalo Rodríguez on a microphone. It was the first Latin music album that won an Anglo -Saxon Grammy. His greatest musical inspiration was his brother, renowned pianist Charlie Palmieri.
Palmieri, born in the south of the Bronx in 1936, revolutionized the sauce next to its emblematic band the perfect one – formed in 1961 – incorporating trombones into its orchestra. His invention, the “thrombanga”, merged “trombone” with “charanga.” The robust and aggressive sound of the trombones became its distinctive seal. In addition, he innovated by exploring new harmonic patterns – for example, dissonant chords or unusual modulations – and complex polyurritms inspired by African and Caribbean music. His masterpiece, ‘Let’s go for Monte’, condenses all his innovations in seven epic minutes.
During his salsa renovator and Afro -Caribbean music, Palmieri recorded 45 albums and won 9 Grammy Awards. In recent times he had been touring, although in 2023 he had to cancel his presentation in Spring Sound due to health problems.
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