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Tributes have been paid to legendary Bronx musician, Eddie Palmieri, an NEA Jazz Master and ten-time Grammy Award winner, following his death on Wednesday, Aug. 6, at 88. Palmieri was a bandleader, arranger and composer of salsa and Latin jazz.
The Bronx Heritage Center said of the late icon, “We are saddened once again to learn of the loss of the legendary Bronx musician, Eddie Palmieri. He played at the Palladium Ballroom, wrote about “La Libertad Logica” and “Justicia” and told great stories.”…