Eddie Palmieri picked up the piano when he was just about eight years old, and he didn’t stop playing until the end. Influenced by his older brother Charlie Palmieri, Eddie, who died on Wednesday at ...

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 ...

Band leader and pianist Eddie Palmieri has died. His pounding rhythms forged a new style for Latin music. Palmieri died Wednesday. He was 88. NPR's Luis Trelles has our remembrance. LUIS TRELLES, ...

Bandleader and pianist Eddie Palmieri, whose pounding rhythms forged a new style for Latin music, died Wednesday at the age of 88. Fania Records, the renowned Latin jazz label that released several of ...

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 ...