Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Eddie Palmieri performing at The Apollo Theater in New York in 2018. - Debra L Rothenberg/FilmMagic/Getty Images Eddie Palmieri, ...

Eddie Palmieri, a legendary pianist, composer and Latin music trailblazer, has died. He was 88. According to a post on his official Instagram page, Eddie died at his New Jersey residence on Wednesday, ...

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 ...

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy-winning pianist and trailblazer of Latin jazz and rumba, has died at the age of 88. Fania Records confirmed his death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s daughter, Gabriela, told ...

His youngest daughter confirmed her father’s death at home in New Jersey, saying that he died after “an extended illness,” The New York Times reported. Palmieri was born in Spanish Harlem in New York ...

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.

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, ...

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 ...

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The musician's daughter Gabriela Palmieri told 'The New York Times' that he died after "an extended illness" Ilana Kaplan is a Staff Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2023. Her ...

(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.