Eddie Palmieri, a Grammy-winning pianist and bandleader who helped define Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. The famed musician died Wednesday, Aug. 6, according to Fania Records, a label responsible ...

Eddie Palmieri, the virtuoso keyboardist and visionary bandleader who helped define and then expanded the aesthetic parameters of the salsa genre, has died at the age of 88. His death was confirmed by ...

Legendary salsa pianist Eddie Palmieri dies at 88 Eddie Palmieri, the groundbreaking pianist and composer, whose innovations shaped the golden age of salsa in New York City, has died at 88 after an ...

He roped salsa into conversation with jazz, rock, funk and even modern classical music. “A new world music,” one critic said, “is being born.” Eddie Palmieri in performance in the early 1960s. From ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Palmieri performs on Aug. 2, 2009, at the Theatre de la Mer in Sete, Southeastern France. Eddie Palmieri, a Grammy-winning ...