Eddie Palmieri and the Afro-Caribbean Salsa Orchestra might be acting on April 15 at 8:00pm on the McCarter Theater in Princeton, New Jersey. [Pre-show entertainment provided by DJ Ralphie Mercado starting at 7:30pm on the Matthews stage.]
Grammy award-winning pianist, bandleader, arranger, and composer Eddie Palmieri has been on the forefront of salsa and Latin jazz for many of his life. Born to Puerto Rican mother and father within the South Bronx, by the age of 11 Palmieri had already carried out at Carnegie Corridor. In 1961 his band La Perfecta revolutionized each jazz and Latin orchestras by swapping out trumpets in favor of trombones for his entrance line, innovating a brand new sound that wove American jazz into Afro-Caribbean rhythms, laying the muse for the New York salsa sound. His 1971 report along with his elder brother Charlie as Harlem River Drive initially flew underneath the radar however has since been minted as an underground Latin funk traditional, a socially aware album that spoke to the inequality skilled in El Barrio, Spanish Harlem.
Palmieri brings his salsa orchestra to McCarter, performing his biggest hits from a profession spanning greater than six many years.
For extra data, see https://www.mccarter.org/season/2022-2023/eddie-palmieri/