Artist: Charlie Palmieri
Genre(s):
Jazz
Discography:
La Herencia
Year: 2007
Tracks: 16
Latin Bugalu
Year: 2001
Tracks: 8
Con Salsa y Sabor: Charlie Palmieri and Menique
Year:
Tracks: 8
The older brother of Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmieri was every bit as talented a piano player as his sib, selfsame percussive and responsive to musical rhythm piece as well flashing florid passages that were understandably the product of a classic education. His pianissimo studies began at seven-spot and he accompanied the Juilliard School of Music, turn pro at 16. He started the group el Conjunto Pin Pin in 1948, and then played in a serial of ensembles -- including those of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and Pupi Campo -- earlier forming his possess Charanga Duboney group in 1958. As music director of the Alegre All Stars while recording for the Alegre pronounce in the sixties, Palmieri stimulated rival among Latin labels like Tico and Fania, which formed their possess all-star bands in reply. Like many Latin wind artists of the time, Palmieri flirted with the popular Latin boogaloo style in the 1960s and made some records for major labels like RCA Victor and Atlantic. He endured a near mental breakdown in 1969, but rebounded to work over again for Puente on his El Mambo de Tito Puente television programme, and he also institute a second calling as a historiographer and teacher of Latin music and history at respective New York colleges in the seventies. Palmieri stirred briefly to Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1983, and after woe a severe heart attempt and shot upon his regress to New York, he recovered to lead respective Latin combos, including Combo Gigante. One of his last recordings was a galvanic cameo appearance on Mongo Santamaria's "Mayeya" in 1987 (now on Mongo's Afro Blue: The Picante Collection for Concord Picante), and he appeared in England for the first time in 1988 shortly before his decease. Almost all of Palmieri's exploit is hard to recover through and through domestic channels, only Messidor's A Giant Step is available on CD.
