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

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

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.

The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that ...

The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that ...

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning pianist who blasted Latin jazz into the future and, in the process, laid bedrock for ...

Eddie Palmieri, the Harlem-born, Grammy-winning pianist and composer who revolutionized Latin music with his incorporation of ...

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.” ...