Early in his career, beginning in the 1950s, the pianist and bandleader Eddie Palmieri used to play mambo shows at the Palladium Ballroom, on Broadway at 53rd Street. The Ed Sullivan Theater was just across the street but seemed to belong to a different, distant world: while Sullivan’s popular Sunday night TV show was happy [...]
Eddie Palmieri Being Honored with Jazz at Lincoln Center Retrospective
December 14, 2012 | Posted by
Pianist Michel Camilo Suggests We’ve Entered 2nd Golden Age of Latin Jazz
September 10, 2012 | Posted by
Pianist and composer Michel Camilo says we’re in a second golden age in Latin Jazz. The first great era occurred from the 1930s through the 1950s, with “Chano Pozo, Mario Bauza, Juan Tizol with Duke Ellington, Ray Baretto playing with Charlie Parker, Candido, and Dizzy Gillespie, of course,” says Camilo, 53, who lives in Bedford, [...]
Quincy Jones Introduces Cuban Jazz Pianist Alfredo Rodriguez – Video
July 26, 2012 | Posted by
Quincy Jones is legendary for identifying stellar talent and creating proteges, including the late “King of Pop” Michael Jackson. Jones now introduces us to a new talent – a refreshingly free pianist from the decidedly less free nation of Cuba. Alfredo Rodriguez was offered a spot at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland in 2006. [...]
