{"id":6657,"date":"2015-05-26T15:31:16","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T19:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/?p=6657"},"modified":"2022-07-04T22:41:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T02:41:45","slug":"cafe-with-eddie-palmieri-on-salsa-latin-jazz-and-new-albums-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/latinomusiccafe.com\/2015\/05\/26\/cafe-with-eddie-palmieri-on-salsa-latin-jazz-and-new-albums-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Caf\u00e9 with Eddie Palmieri: on Salsa, Latin Jazz, and new albums – Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"
What is Salsa? Where is Latin Jazz<\/a> headed in the 21st century?\u00a0Creating the greatest album of his career.\u00a0I discussed all these topics through a “virtual coffee” with Latin music maestro Eddie Palmieri<\/a>.<\/p>\n Palmieri is perhaps the top ambassador of Latin music at the moment. Of Puerto Rican parents, Eddie grew up and worked in New York City during the formational years of the musical styles we call today Salsa and Latin Jazz, and Eddie Palmieri learned them first-hand from the true masters of Latin music.<\/p>\n His main mentor was his oldest brother Charlie Palmieri, who with his band Charanga La Duboney, was one of the main acts during the 1950’s and early 60’s charanga craze in NYC. His other mentor was Tito Rodriguez, the great singer and bandleader, who passed by the Machito and his Afro-Cubans band, along with Tito Puente. The three of them became known as the “Big 3” of Latin music.<\/p>\n This is where we pick up our “virtual coffee” conversation\u2026<\/p>\n