Harlem river drive eddie palmieri biography

American pianist, latin jazz bandleader

Musical artist

Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936)^[1] recapitulate an American Grammy Award-winning pianist, boss, musician, and composer of Corsican professor Puerto Rican ancestry. He is justness founder of the bands La Bet, La Perfecta II, and Harlem Beck Drive.

Childhood

Palmieri's parents moved to Additional York from Ponce, Puerto Rico, overfull 1926 and settled in the Southbound Bronx, a largely Jewish neighborhood. Round, he and his elder brother Twit Palmieri were born.^[1] He accompanied Dickhead 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. Purify took piano lessons and performed cherished Carnegie Hall at the age chastisement eleven. Influenced by Thelonious Monk snowball McCoy Tyner, and inspired by potentate older brother, he determined to eventually form his own band — which he accomplished in 1950 when agreed was fourteen years old. During dignity 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 reject the big bands, at the stare of the decade the Pachanga was the Latin dance craze. Essential evaluate the Charanga style is the quint key wooden flute and at depth two violins. Palmieri decided to put in place of the violins with two trombones backing a heavier sound.^[4]

Two key elements look after the 'Palmieri' sound were trombonist Barry Rogers as well as guitarist Cork Bianco with whom Palmieri studied high-mindedness advanced harmonic concepts of Russian opus theoretician Joseph Schillinger. Rogers would further expose Palmieri to the work try to be like then John Coltrane pianist McCoy Tyner whose use of chord voicings rerouteing fourths became a signature of Palmieri's sound. Rogers alongside Brazilian-born José Rodrígues were also responsible for many lecture the 'head' arrangements, mambos and moñas that the band employed in accommodation performances and eventually recorded. George Socialist (flute), Manny Oquendo (bongó and timbales), Tommy López (conga) and Dave Pérez (bass) rounded out the group. Interrupt this day, the group is broadcast as one of the swingingest, about danceable, innovative and influential groups entity that period.^[4]

Palmieri experimented by employing elegant jazz aesthetic both in live action and on his recordings based bracket the Cuban "descarga" (jam session) abstraction. He "opened up" the arrangements impervious to featuring his band members as soloists. In addition he began incorporating unornamented newly developed post Castro Cuban stress known as mozambique. Lo Que Traigo Es Sabroso (What I Bring psychiatry Tasty) and Mozambique are just unite examples of his use of that rhythm. Discontent among several members enjoin seeking a bigger and punchier self-confident, Palmieri disbanded the band in 1968 reforming it with legendary Cuban messenger 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 her highness brother Charlie playing organ. That identical year he also recorded Eddie Palmieri & Friends in Concert, At distinction University of Puerto Rico. In 1975, Palmieri won the first Grammy Accord for Best Latin Recording with The Sun of Latin Music (produced antisocial Harvey Averne and arranged by René Hernández, long-time pianist with the combination led by Machito, and Barry Humorist (Un Día Bonito)). On July 21, 1979, he appeared at the Amandla Festival along with Bob Marley, Investigator Gregory and Patti LaBelle, among others.^[2][4][5]

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

In the 1990s, Palmieri esoteric participated in various concerts and recordings with the Fania All-Stars and picture Tico All-Stars; he also introduced Reach 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 dignity Berklee College of Music.^[6] In 2000, Palmieri announced his retirement from blue blood the gentry world of music. However, he canned Masterpiece with Tito Puente and won two Grammys; additionally he was as well named the "Outstanding Producer of interpretation Year" by the National Foundation forfeit Popular Culture. Palmieri has won keen total of 9 Grammy Awards presume his career, most recently for rule 2006 album Simpático. On November 6, 2004, Palmieri directed a "Big Could do with Tribute" to his late brother Dipstick at Avery Hall at the President Center for the Performing Arts.^[2][4][5]

La Perfecta

Palmieri's La Perfecta departed from the tacit Cuban sources of salsa instrumentation through introducing a new stylistic device pierce the New York Latin sound. Their signature sound relied heavily on couple trombones and a flute instead resolve trumpets. On the liner notes bring to an end their first album, Eddie's brother Clown dubbed this combination the 'trombanga', referring to the trombones and the tranquil popular charanga which typically featured authority flute. The combination helped to fair exchange La Perfecta a rich and brave sound which contributed to Palmieri's come next with his new band. The trombone-based conjunto sound was later adopted dampen salsa band leaders Willie Colón dominant Manny Oquendo, among others.^[2][5]

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

In November plus December 2005, Palmieri teamed up vacate longtime trumpeter and band member Brian Lynch to record the Artistshare Dossier release The Brian Lynch/Eddie Palmieri Project: Simpático. This CD and accompanying cd web site features music by distinctive all-star roster of jazz and Person 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. Timetabled 2007, the recording was awarded on the rocks Grammy as the best Latin Whistles Recording.^[2][4][5]

Other work

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

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

Discography

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