Art Sounds
Eddie Palmieri
Oolite’s signature program Art Sounds is back for an online-improv session in collaboration with the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County.
Join us virtually Sept 9, 2020 at 6 p.m. on Facebook Live for a short conversation between Eddie Palmieri and his daughter (former Sotheby’s VP) Gabby Palmieri as they discuss some of Eddie’s favorite works in his private art collection and the visual artists that inspire him. Followed by a live performance by the legend himself, Eddie Palmieri.
Please register and join us on Facebook Live at 6 p.m.
Por favor regístrese y únase a nosotros en Facebook Live a las 6 p.m.
Art Sounds: Improv presents Eddie Palmieri
Known as one of the finest pianists of the past 60 years, Eddie Palmieri is a bandleader, arranger and composer of salsa and Latin jazz. His playing skillfully fuses the rhythm of his Puerto Rican heritage with the complexity of his jazz influences: Thelonious Monk, Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner as well as his older brother, Charlie Palmieri.
Palmieri’s parents emigrated from Ponce, Puerto Rico to New York City in 1926. Born in Spanish Harlem and raised in the Bronx, Palmieri learned to play the piano at an early age, and at 13, he joined his uncle’s orchestra, playing timbales.
Palmieri’s professional career as a pianist took off with various bands in the early 1950s including Eddie Forrester, Johnny Segui’s, and the popular Tito Rodriguez Orchestra.
Date / Time
Wed, Sept 9
6:00—7:00 pm ET
Facebook Live