The award-winning pianist, bandleader and composer was influential in the New York salsa scene and won the first Grammy in a ...

Grammy-winning Latin music trailblazer Eddie Palmieri died on Wednesday, Aug. 6 after "an extended illness," his daughter ...

The prolific bandleader and pianist leaves behind a sprawling catalog that spans Latin jazz, boogaloo, and more.

Eddie Palmieri, the renowned pianist and Latin music pioneer who founded groups like La Perfecta and Harlem River Drive, has ...

Eddie Palmieri, the pioneering rumba and Latin jazz musician, has died at 88. His daughter Gabriela said he died Wednesday in ...

Eduardo "Eddie" Palmieri, the Afro Cuban pianist, bandleader and composer who died Aug. 6, didn't merely bring something new ...

Palmieri, who was viewed as a pioneer of New York City's Latin jazz scene, passed away after "an extended illness." ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” ...

The jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader helped lay the foundations of salsa before expanding into rock, funk, and ...

The bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was ...