Eddie Palmieri

Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936 in New York City) - pianist and bandleader.

Palmieri is best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms. His parents

Eddie Palmieri (born December 15, 1936 in New York City) - pianist and bandleader.

Palmieri is best known for combining jazz piano and instrumental solos with Latin rhythms. His parents emigrated to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1926 and settled down in Spanish Harlem, a Hispanic ghetto in Manhattan. He was the younger brother of Charlie Palmieri. When he was only 5 years old, he used to musically accompany Charlie and together they would enter and participate in many talent contests.