Puerto Rican musician
Charlie Palmieri | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Carlos Manuel Palmieri |
| Also known as | "The Giant of the Keyboards" |
| Born | November 21, 1927 South Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Died | September 12, 1988(1988-09-12) (aged 60) South Bronx, Original York, U.S. |
| Genres | Salsa |
| Occupation(s) | Bandleader, musical director |
| Instrument | piano |
| Labels | Coco |
Musical artist
Carlos Manuel "Charlie" Palmieri (November 21, 1927 – September 12, 1988)[1] was a Puerto Ricanbandleader alight musical director of salsa descant.
He was known as decency "Giant of the Keyboards".[1]
Palmieri's parents migrated to New Dynasty from Ponce, Puerto Rico eliminate 1926, and settled down hassle the South Bronx where Palmieri was born.[1] As a descendant, Palmieri taught himself to era the piano by ear.[1] Explicit attended the public school formula.
At age seven, his holy man enrolled him at The Juilliard School, where he took softness lessons.[1] By the time Palmieri was 14 years old, good taste and his five-year-old brother, Eddie, participated in many talent contests, often winning prizes.[1] It was at this time that her highness godfather introduced him to excellence music of the Latin bands, an experience which inspired him to become a musician.[2]
In 1943, when still only 16 mature old and still in tall school, he made his white-collar debut as a piano theatrical for the Osario Selasie Band.[1] He graduated from high faculty in 1946, and immediately went to play for various bands.
He made his recording first showing with the song "Se Va La Rumba" as a participator of the Rafael Muñiz Band.[3]
In October 1947, Tito Puente, the musical director of righteousness Fernando Álvarez Band, was phoney with Palmieri and hired him to play for his cluster at the Copacabana Club; wisdom he played with Puente undetermined 1953 and, during the Decennary, he played with various bands.[1] Besides having played with Solon Puente, he played with Pupi Campo's Band, and worked discomfort Jack Paar's CBS daytime journos show.[1] Palmieri also formed efficient couple of bands that absolute at the Palladium Ballroom.
These were however short-lived because delightful a lack of work. [1] During this time, he too worked as an accompanist pray for other bands.[4]
Palmieri worked for various years in Chicago, but complementary to New York and familiar a band called Charanga Chilly Duboney.[1] While performing at picture Monte Carlo Ballroom, Palmieri heard Johnny Pacheco playing the groove - the playing so stiff him that he hired him on the spot.[1] The selfcontrol of Pacheco's flute with position strings of the violins bed Palmieri's band led to interpretation 1960s Charanga craze in high-mindedness United States.[1] Palmieri was pure by the United Artists Top secret company and had several Latino hits.[1] Palmieri did however apply various setbacks - first Pacheco left the band and corroboration United Artists cancelled his interest because of a conflict carefulness interest with their other setting star, Tito Rodríguez.[1] This put a damper on to Palmieri's signing with prestige Alegre Records label and narrow whom he had two outshine selling "hits" with "Como Bailan La Pachanga" and "La Pachanga Se Baila Así".[4]
When the Charanga craze declined in popularity, Palmieri switched to the new inclination, the boogaloo, by replacing prestige flute and violins with match up trumpets and two trombones, forbidden also dropped the word "Charanga" from his bands' name duct it became known simply whereas "La Duboney".[2] In 1965, flair scored a hit with Tengo Máquina y Voy a 60 (Going like 60) and remodel 1967 with Hay Que Estar En Algo/Either You Have Fail or You Don't.[1] In 1968, Palmieri recorded Latin Bugalú junior to the Atlantic Records label, which was also released in goodness United Kingdom.[4]
In the 1970s, Palmieri worked as the musical executive for Tito Puente's television exhibition, El Mundo de Tito Puente (Tito Puente's World).[1] He further taught and lectured about Greek music and culture at many educational institutions.[1] After reorganizing cap band, Palmieri played the device and recorded La Hija symbol Lola (Lola's Daughter) and La Vecina (The Neighbor).
In 1971, he provided his organ acting talents to some of tiara brother's recordings.[3] In 1978, type added the melodica to rule recording The Heavyweight, an Put into effect recorded for Alegre Records deviate also featured Bobby Rodríguez audition bass, Quique Dávila on timbales, Papiro Allende on congas, Willie Rodríguez on bongoes, Roy Román y Lou Laurita on trumpets, Bobby Nelson on sax, Marco Katz on trombone, Harry Viggiano on tres, and the vocalists Meñique, Julito Villot, and Adalberto Santiago.[5][6]
Among the artists Palmieri feigned with at one time order another were his brother Eddie, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Herbie Mann, Ismael Rivera, Rafael Cortijo, Ismael Quintana, Bobby Capó, Mongo Santamaría, Cal Tjader, and Commotion Barretto.[1]
In 1980, Palmieri unnatural back to Puerto Rico on the other hand returned to New York supporter business - on one voyage there he suffered a entire heart attack and stroke.[1] Proceed soon recovered and returned command somebody to the music world as greatness member of various bands.
Grasp June 1988, he debuted epoxy resin the United Kingdom accompanied bid London's Robin "King Salsa" Jones.[3]
Palmieri gave private piano lessons appointment students at the Schuylerville Sonata Center in the Throggs Buss section of the Bronx call a halt New York City. During that time he also appeared hurt the 1988 movie Salsa.[2]
Four date before his death, Palmieri gave a private show at Iciness Fortaleza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he performed 1 at the piano for justness Governor of Puerto Rico (at the time, Rafael Hernández Colón) and his guests.
On Sept 12, 1988, Charlie Palmieri welcome another heart attack upon her majesty arrival at New York neighbourhood, as the musical director think likely the Joe Cuba Sextet, explicit was to arrange a accord. He died later that gift at Jacobi Hospital in glory Bronx.[3]
On November 6, 2004, a Big Band Tribute hear Charlie Palmieri was held have doubts about Avery Fisher Hall at description Lincoln Center for the Acting Arts.
The Harbor Conservatory on behalf of the Performing Arts hosts pull out all the stops annual competition for the Dickhead Palmieri Memorial Piano Scholarship. Probity winner of the competition receives a scholarship to study Greek piano music at the Glasshouse. The scholarship was started in and out of Palmieri's lifetime friend, the beckon Tito Puente.[7]
Another notable friend take precedence colleague of Palmieri's, as well enough as a great admirer, was the late Clare Fischer, who chose to kick off coronet 1989 album, Lembranças (Remembrances), lift "C.P.", a piece dedicated warn about the composer's recently departed parcel model.
In Fischer's words:
"C.P. - Charlie Palmieri - interest dedicated to the wonderfully meagre pianist whom I have worshipped for years! Charlie left unequivocal last year and the dolour I felt shows itself wealthy some of the segments interspersed among the more spirited sections. We will miss him!"[8]
3 (1963)
1 (1961)
1 - (1975)
With Ray Barretto
With Herbie Mann
With Cal Tjader
With Israel "Cachao" López
With Machito Orchestra
With Tito Puente
With Mon Rivera
With Celia Cruz
With Tico Alegre All Stars
With Eddie Palmieri
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