The Trombones of Eddie Palmieri

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Wilktone
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by Wilktone »

Nice! You talked about a lot of cats that I'm not familiar with. I've never heard Palmieri's La Perfecta album, so I just picked it up on your recommendation.

I got to hear Palmieri play live first when I was in high school at the Chicago Jazz Festival. I have to admit that his soloing went over my head at the time. A few years ago he came to my area and I took my wife to hear the concert. He didn't have any trombones in the band at the time, unfortunately, but my wife and I both thoroughly enjoyed to show.

Looking forward to your next episode.

Dave
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by greenbean »

I think that was his band’s name- La Perfecta.

Boy, he made a TON of great music over many decades.
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Wilktone
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by Wilktone »

[quote="greenbean"]I think that was his band’s name- La Perfecta.

Boy, he made a TON of great music over many decades.[/quote]

Yeah, he has made a lot of music and had a lot of great trombonists in his bands.

https://music.apple.com/us/album/la-perfecta/1464282805

La Perfecta is both the name of the band and their first album, I think.
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by Massimo69 »

I met in 1990 Barry Rogers at sweet basil in NY... he played with Gil Evans band great amazing!
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by Trombonjon »

Favorite E P album: hands down is The Sun of Latin Music. There are others that I like for very different reasons. Lucumí macumba voodoo has one of the most interesting Mano a Mano that you could ever hear between and his late brother Charlie. The”White Album really nice big band arrangements to include trombone solos etc,etc,etc. others I really like are Solito, Sentido, With friends live at the UPR, and Unfinished Masterpiece, He’s been recording under his own name for about 60+years, so this list can pretty long pretty quickly. Barry was on the staff at Fania Records so he’s in a lot of their recordings sometimes credited, many times not. You can also hear Barry’s stylings in The Alegre all Stars, perhaps the Tico-Alegre All stars, and most definitely, The Fania All Stars
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by Joebone »

Total agreement on "Sun of Latin Music." For me, that and "Unfinished Masterpiece" express the best of mid''70's salsa. The musical and emotional range (high-density mainstream salsa/danzón/Cumbia/exploratory modern stylings) is insane, and light-years beyond any contemporaneous salsa artist that I know of. "Un Dia Bonito" presents a huge range within a single piece, including a delicious Barry Rogers solo toward the end. That said, I'm politely ignoring all that may have been happening in Cuba, starting with Irakere...
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by texascurt »

“Palmas” is one of my favorite albums. It’s all Instrumental. Conrad Herwig with Brian Lynch (tpt) and Donald Harrison (alto) is such a great combination. There’a a moment in the last track with Lynch and Harrison trading that is absolutely electric!