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| Eddie Palmieri (2011) | |
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(Photo by Nick Myers and Aaron Rockers) | Pianist, composer and bandleader Eddie Palmieri was born in New York City to parents who had arrived from Puerto Rico a decade earlier. Both he and his now late older brother, Charlie, had been musical marvels as young children: Eddie was doing talent shows and gigs with Charlie starting when Eddie was aged 8, performed at Carnegie Hall when aged 11, and started his own band at age 14.
During the 1950s, Eddie played in various bands, including that of Tito Rodriguez, and in 1961 set the stage for the next 50 years with his formation of Cojunta la Perfecta, a band that was spot-on with the times and its Latin Dance craze, and which, drawing on Charanga music, introduced a new stylistic device, using two trombones and a flute rather than trumpets. Half a century on, Eddie, who will turn 75 next week, has the energy the envy of people half his age—one of the reasons why he has no fewer than nine Grammy awards under his belt. |
| Pick | Artist | Album | Song | Label |
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| # 1 | Miles Davis | Miles Ahead | Blues for Pablo | Columbia |
| # 2 | John Coltrane | A Love Supreme | Acknowledgment | Impulse |
| # 3 | Machito | Machito and His Afro-Cubans | Mambo Sentimental | Polygram |
| # 4 | Arsenio Rodríguez | Legends of Cuban Music | Oigan Mi Guaguancó | EMI |
| # 5 | Harlem River Drive | Harlem River Drive | Idle Hands | Roulette |
| # 6 | Thelonious Monk | Criss Cross | Tea for Two | Columbia |
| # 7 | Bob Dylan | The Times, They Are A-Changing | The Times, They Are A-Changing | Columbia |
| # 8 | Eddie Palmieri | Vamonos Pa'l Monte | Vamonos Pa'l Monte | Fania |
| Book | Henry George, "Progress and Poverty" | |||
| Luxury Item | "The watch given to me by my wife 50 years ago ... a Longines ... I always treasure it: I got it on Father's Day 50 years ago." | |||
| Scotty Barnhart
09 Aug Sugar Pie DeSanto 01 Nov Tim Garland 26 Apr Nolan Gasser 14 Jun Joe Gilman 26 Jul Ben Goldberg 01 Mar Lua Hadar 08 Mar Paul Hanson 16 Aug | Molly Holm
19 Apr Earl R. Johnson jr 08 Nov Kathy Kosins 25 Oct Remy Le Boeuf 15 Mar Gildo Mahones 22 Nov Michael Manring 31 May Karen Marguth 30 Aug Doug Miller 18 Oct | Tony Monaco
28 Jun Stephanie Nakasian 18 Jan Michael O'Neill 21 Jun Marlena Shaw 29 Mar Ben Sidran 12 Apr Dr Lonnie Smith 19 Jul Frank Tusa 23 Aug Diane Witherspoon 27 Sep |