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

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 ...

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

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

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

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

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 ...

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning bandleader and pianist whose percussive playing helped revolutionize Latin jazz and salsa, ...

Eddie Palmieri, the legendary Latin jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader, died on August 6, 2025, at his home in New Jersey ...

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.

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