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

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

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

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

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

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

A post on Eddie Palmieri's official Facebook page said the pianist, composer and bandleader passed away at his residence in ...

"He was in his 80s, but he had more energy than I that day," the filmmaker says of the legendary musician, who died Aug. 6 at ...

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

The renowned pianist and composer won eight Grammy Awards and helped shape the sound of Latin jazz, salsa and rumba.

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

Eddie Palmieri (1936–2025), legendary Latin jazz and salsa pioneer, has passed at 88. Discover how his groundbreaking music, bold innovations, and cultural legacy transformed Latin music forever.