The jazz pianist, composer, and bandleader helped lay the foundations of salsa before expanding into rock, funk, and ...

The influential musician known for his thunderous piano style passed away at his New Jersey home after an extended illness.

The bandleader and pianist was one of the leading Latin musicians of his generation. He won multiple Grammys and was ...

Eddie Palmieri was a highly influential American pianist, bandleader, and composer known for his fusion of Latin music ...

Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and first Latino to win a Grammy, dies at 88 Dean Cain 'proud' to be among the ...

Pianist, composer and Grammy award winner Eddie Palmieri has died at the age of 88. His youngest daughter confirmed her ...

The award-winning pianist, bandleader and composer was influential in the New York salsa scene and won the first Grammy in a ...

Eddie Palmieri (1936–2025), legendary Latin jazz and salsa pioneer, has passed at 88. Discover how his groundbreaking music, bold innovations, and cultural legacy transformed Latin music forever.

NPR Music's Felix Contreras remembers one of salsa music's architects — Eddie Palmieri — who died Wednesday at 88.

The groundbreaking Latin pianist, bandleader and composer Eddie Palmieri died yesterday. Born in New York City in 1936, he, perhaps more than any other musician, marshalled the sounds coming out of ...

His first Grammy win came in 1975 for the album “The Sun of Latin Music.” He kept releasing music into his 80s, performing ...

Eddie Palmieri, the Harlem-born, Grammy-winning pianist and composer who revolutionized Latin music with his incorporation of ...