Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “Eddie Palmieri: Sweet Sweet Sugar,” a documentary on the Grammy-winning pianist, composer and bandleader who revolutionized salsa ...

This is FRESH AIR. I'm David Bianculli. Eddie Palmieri, the pianist, band leader and composer whose contributions to Afro Caribbean music shaped the evolving genre for decades, died Wednesday. He was ...

Famed Latin jazz musician Eddie Palmieri has passed away at the age of 88 after suffering from "an extended illness." Palmieri was credited with being a pioneer of the Latin jazz scene in New York, ...

Late Wednesday evening (Aug. 6), it was announced that Latin music pioneer Eddie Palmieri had passed away at his home in Hackensack, New Jersey, after what his youngest daughter Gabriela said was a ...

Eddie Palmieri, La Perfecta during The 26th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival - Day 2 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Photo by R. Diamond/WireImage) The world lost a giant of music.

Latin music lost one of its guiding lights yesterday. Eddie Palmieri died at age 88. He was a respected musician who was considered one of the architects of Afro-Caribbean dance music or salsa. NPR ...

Eddie Palmieri performs in 'Highest 2 Lowest' Palmieri cameos alongside his salsa orchestra — plus Rosie Perez and Anthony Ramos, who take the stage to introduce the legend — during the film's Puerto ...

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s ...

Jon Batiste gave a moving tribute to late Latin music icon Eddie Palmieri — who died two weeks ago at the age of 88 of an extended illness — during his concert at Central Park’s SummerStage. The ...

(AP) – Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening.