With the help of Danilo Navas, my wife and I were able to witness an outstanding concert on our recent trip to Puerto Rico featuring the...
The spiritual nature of Mi Luz Mayor, with its metaphor of “The Light” is a magnificent big band recording by Eddie Palmieri and may appear as...
Eddie Palmieri’s influence on the world of modern music is often celebrated, but just as often underestimated. As he completes his 80th year with us, his...
Editor’s Pick · Album of the Month · A Latin Jazz Perspective On The Music Of Woody Shaw Woody Shaw was an artist endowed with two...
The utter simplicity of this title – Music in Me – does not even begin to convey the depth and sophistication of the music on this...
Live in Concert at the Kaiser Permanente Main Stage – #SJZSummerFest I’ve been listening and dancing to Eddie Palmieri’s music for more years than I care...
There is something very special about sharing a moment in time and space with a legend, an artist –a consummate musician- who has transcended the natural...
Giovanni Hidalgo as of today [March 2015] is just fifty-two years old, but he has been a professional percussionist for a little over forty years. This...
Spheres of Influence, led by Grammy Award-winning trumpeter, composer Brian Lynch – best known for his work with Art Blakey and his collaborations with Eddie Palmieri...
Dedicated to his wife, Iraida Palmieri, this long-awaited DVD (due to some technical issues its release was delayed a few years) serves two purposes. It celebrates...
It is altogether a special virtue to make an album that features music delightful to listen to as well as to feel an irresistible urge to...
For a fleeting moment -just one fleeting moment- it appears to be a bit of a stretch putting "bolero" and Billie Holiday together...