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Eddie Palmieri, a champion of Latin jazz, dies at 88

The award-winning pianist, bandleader and composer was influential in the New York salsa scene and won the first Grammy in a ...

Eddie Palmieri, Grammy-winning pioneer of Latin jazz and salsa music, dies at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the renowned pianist and Latin music pioneer who founded groups like La Perfecta and Harlem River Drive, has ...

Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician, dies at 88

The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award, in 1975 for the album “The Sun of Latin ...

Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and Grammy winner, dies at 88

The pianist, composer and bandleader was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award and would win seven more over a career that ...

Eddie Palmieri, pioneering Latin jazz musician and first Latino to win a Grammy, dies at 88

Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was ...

Eddie Palmieri, Grammy-winning Latin jazz pioneer, dies at 88

Latin jazz legend Eddie Palmieri, the first Latino to win a Grammy, has died at age 88. His innovative style reshaped salsa ...

Latin jazz and salsa composer Eddie Palmieri dies at 88

Latin jazz and salsa composer Eddi Palmieri has died at the age of 88. NBC News' Steven Romo takes a look back at the Grammy Award winner's iconic career and influence in Latin music.

Groundbreaking Latin jazz pianist-composer Eddie Palmieri, dead at 88

Eddie Palmieri, a Grammy-celebrated pianist, composer and bandleader widely recognized as a leading figure in the Latin jazz and salsa music scene, died on Wednesday at his home in New Jersey, ...