Happy Birthday, Eddie Palmieri! Alt.Latino Helps El Maestro Blow Out 81 Candles
81 years young and showing no signs of slowing down, pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri talks about life and his latest album
by Catalina Maria Johnson
Dec 15, 2017
2 minutes
There is possibly no other single musician who has defined the state of Latin Jazz more than Eddie Palmieri, who turns 81 years old today.
Over the phone, Palmieri toggles between Spanish and English, punctuating his phrases with hearty, ample laughs. The trumpet player Alfredo 'Chocolate' Armenteros taught him that at 50, "you can start counting again at 1... so, I'm really only turning 31
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