Charlie Palmieri - El Fantastico

Bitrate: 320K/s

Time: 28:11

Size: 64.5 MB

Styles: Latin jazz

Year: 2010

Art: Front

[2:50] 1. A Veces Soy Feliz

[2:49] 2. El Continental

[2:48] 3. Lullaby of Broadway

[2:55] 4. Ravel's Bolero

[2:31] 5. Sweet Sue, Just You

[3:04] 6. Noche y Día

[2:49] 7. Cielito Lindo

[3:03] 8. I've Got You Under My Skin

[2:20] 9. Lover's Mambo

[2:59] 10. Softly As In The Morning Sunshine

The older brother of Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmieri was every bit as gifted a pianist as his sibling, very percussive and responsive to rhythm while also flashing florid passages that were clearly the product of a classical education. His piano studies began at seven and he attended the Juilliard School of Music, turning pro at 16. He started the group El Conjunto Pin Pin in 1948, and then played in a series of ensembles -- including those of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and Pupi Campo -- before forming his own Charanga Duboney group in 1958. As music director of the Alegre All Stars while recording for the Alegre label in the 1960s, Palmieri stimulated competition among Latin labels like Tico and Fania, which formed their own all-star bands in response. Like many Latin jazz artists of the time, Palmieri flirted with the popular Latin boogaloo style in the 1960s and made some records for major labels like RCA Victor and Atlantic. He endured a near mental breakdown in 1969, but rebounded to work again for Puente on his El Mambo de Tito Puente television program, and he also found a second career as a historian and teacher of Latin music and history at various New York colleges in the 1970s. Palmieri moved briefly to Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1983, and after suffering a severe heart attack and stroke upon his return to New York, he recovered to lead various Latin combos, including Combo Gigante. ~Richard S. Ginnell

El Fantastico

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