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, ...

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

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

Visitation will take place from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral Chapel on Madison Avenue on the Upper East Side ...

New York City holds visitation for late Latin jazz icon Eddie Palmieri from 2 to 7 p.m. at the Frank E. Campbell Funeral ...

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

Eddie Palmieri, who revolutionized Latin music and played a major role in the salsa explosion in New York City, passed away ...

The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award, in 1975 for the album “The Sun of Latin ...

Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died. One of the leading Latin musicians of his generation, Palmieri founded a number of seminal bands.

NPR Music's Felix Contreras remembers one of salsa music's architects — Eddie Palmieri — who died Wednesday at 88.

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