Eddie Palmieri

In the Tradition: American Originals The music of seven-time Grammy winner Eddie Palmieri is “deeper than any salsa and funkier than any Latin jazz.” Palmieri is widely regarded as one of the foremost Latin pianists of the last half-century, dubbed by critics “The Latin Thelonius Monk- innovative and audacious – with elements of tango, cumbia, waltz, and folkloric strains of his beloved Puerto Rico. “Mr. Palmieri . . . can make a piano roar.” The New York Times Audience members are invited to a pre-concert talk with Eddie Palmieri one hour prior to performance.