When people describe Eddie Palmieri at the piano, they say it sounds like he’s playing drums, even two pianos at once.
“It’s quite difficult to do,” Palmieri explained. “Some pianists have done it and then when they’re ready to start, they get all confused and next thing they go, ‘I don’t know how he does that.’”
It’s a unique and unmistakable sound, one that Palmieri has been working at and perfecting for more than seven decades.
Even at 87, Palmieri still practices every day and recently finished a series of shows at the Blue Note, where he was reunited with some of the greatest Latin musicians in
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