Eddie Palmieri

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yes. he had a fancy princeton theater doing a conga line by the end of the show. magical

reggie (qualmsley), Sunday, 6 May 2018 11:07 (five years ago) link

the album he put out last year, "sabiduria", is fantastic

Arch Bacon (rushomancy), Sunday, 6 May 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link

How did I not listen to Sabiduria last year. Some great tracks on it. I like the New Orleans flavored one, and several others. This effort is more lively than some previous ones of his.

curmudgeon, Monday, 14 May 2018 14:12 (five years ago) link

six months pass...

Both of his 2018 albums are great, but they're very different from each other.

Also, I interviewed him back in September and it was awesome.

grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 8 December 2018 01:42 (five years ago) link

wow, he's on a roll after sabiduria just last year and full circle earlier this year

this one is way more straight-ahead than those other ones, though

dub pilates (rushomancy), Saturday, 8 December 2018 01:45 (five years ago) link

Yeah, it's all songs his late wife used to like, apparently.

grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 8 December 2018 01:53 (five years ago) link

aw that's sweet <3

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 8 December 2018 20:12 (five years ago) link

He's got an app for music students to use now too---

Palmieri Salsa Jams is billed as “the world’s first interactive salsa music app.”

Available through noted jazz trumpeter Christian Scott aTunde Adjuah’s Stretch Music App platform, Salsa Jams enables students to read sheet music or play along by ear for every song on Palmieri’s “Full Circle” album. They can also mute or fade out altogether any instrument, so that they can play that instrumental part, as well as control the tempo, loop rhythms and melodies, and more.

‘I put salsa on my spaghetti, baby!’
“If students mean anything to you, you want to set them on the right track,” said Palmieri, who — at 81 — is likely the most senior Latin music legend to release an app of any kind, let alone a salsa app.

Never mind that this bearded composer and band leader snorts with derision at the mere mention of the word salsa, which came to the fore in New York in the 1960s. He regards the commercial tag placed on this Cuban-inspired Latin dance music hybrid as simplistic and misleading.

“Fania Records came up with name ‘salsa’ and it’s a complete misnomer,” charged Palmieri, who in 1962 released his debut solo album, “La Perfecta,” on Fania and was later featured on the first Fania All-Stars album.

“Like my great friend, Tito Puente, used to say: ‘I put salsa on my spaghetti, baby!’ It (salsa) comes from rumba, guaracha, danzón, cha-cha, mambo, guaguancó, changüí. They all have their proper names, but we lump it under one name: ‘salsa’.”

https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sd-et-music-eddie-palmieri-interview-20181118-story.html

curmudgeon, Saturday, 8 December 2018 21:15 (five years ago) link

wow, a salsa app
will have to report this to my students

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 8 December 2018 22:29 (five years ago) link

Interesting

What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 December 2018 22:38 (five years ago) link

Think I prefer the classic recordings of some of those tunes

What Do I Blecch? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 8 December 2018 22:41 (five years ago) link

Haven’t heard it yet, but guessing I will end up agreeing with you.

curmudgeon, Monday, 10 December 2018 15:38 (five years ago) link

of his 2018 releases I like Full Circle the most so far.

calzino, Monday, 10 December 2018 15:45 (five years ago) link

.. it's so good!

calzino, Monday, 10 December 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link

one year passes...

https://youtu.be/MFQHW6yGBV4

Online Eddie Palmieri & La Perfecta II gig via NYC Summerstage

curmudgeon, Friday, 30 October 2020 17:02 (three years ago) link


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