Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died. He was 88. Fania Records announced Palmieri’s death Wednesday evening. Palmieri’s ...

Born on December 15, 1936, in New York’s Spanish Harlem to Puerto Rican parents, Palmieri grew up in a time when music was ...

A post on Eddie Palmieri's official Facebook page said the pianist, composer and bandleader passed away at his residence in ...