Eddie Palmieri picked up the piano when he was just about eight years old, and he didn’t stop playing until the end. Influenced by his older brother Charlie Palmieri, Eddie, who died on Wednesday at ...

A native son of the Bronx, Palmieri was a crucial innovator in New York’s Afro-Caribbean music history. The pianist, composer and bandleader has died at 88. By Ed Morales A Nuyorican original, the ...

Latin music lost one of its guiding lights yesterday. Eddie Palmieri died at age 88. He was a respected musician who was considered one of the architects of Afro-Caribbean dance music or salsa. NPR ...

Band leader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died. His pounding rhythms forged a new style for Latin music. Palmieri died Wednesday. He was 88. NPR's Luis Trelles has our remembrance. LUIS TRELLES, ...

Per a post on his official Instagram page, he died at his New Jersey residence on Wednesday, Aug. 6. Eddie's youngest daughter, Gabriela Palmieri, confirmed to The New York Times that he died after ...

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