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Eddie Palmieri has come a long way from Harlem River Drive, the first band he formed upon getting to New York from Puerto Rico. Since that time, he's become a well-known of deep son and salsa bands, an arranger, a session musician, and even as a film composer. EP is a 1985 session with no musicians' credits and no notes, so all you can do is go on the merits of the music. It's a big band session, with cooking Latin rhythms and Afro-Cuban melodics, as well as a few vanguard compositional touches. The record smokes thoroughly from beginning to end, revealing that Palmieri has lost none of his fire since the mid-'70s, and is a stunning showcase of his abilities as an arranger and composer. "El Dia Que Me Quieras," which is a tango by Carlos Gardel, is adapted here by Palmieri for his large band. He begins with a pastoral string section into, playing glissando over miniscule changes in tempo and timbre. Next thing you know, the salsa enters and rocks it up with a host of singers in call-and-response mode before an oboe winds its way right though the mix to re-establish Gardel's theme. Another notable is the "Palo Pa Rumba," authored by Palmieri. Using classic form and shading the beats with a three-part harmonic horn choir augmented by a piano bridging the rhythms and melodies, the entire track turns into a dervish rhumba frenzy by moving the minor key figures into extended mode until they virtually cover the original melody while not departing from it. It sizzles and shakes with polyrhythmic fever whirling around the listener until it burns itself out seven-and-a-half minutes later. There is no let up or let down, and given that this is a 1985 session when a lot of the bands were disappearing, it's a welcome addition to the Latin big band catalog.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
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Andy Gonzalez, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sal Cuevas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Rogers, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Alfredo Le Pera, ComposerLyricist - Carlos Gardel, ComposerLyricist - Eddie Palmieri, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Rene Hernandez, Arranger, Work Arranger - Cheo Feliciano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Ismael Quintana, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Paz, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Masucci, Producer, Executive Producer - Alfredo Li, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Eddie Palmieri, Producer, Piano, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Palmieri, Percussion, Guiro, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Giovanni Hidalgo, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Palmieri, ComposerLyricist - Eladio Perez, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Greenbaum, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Juan Torres, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gamalier González, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Torres, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Candelario, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Dario Morales, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie “El Pirata” Cotto, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Polito Huertas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Angie Antomattei, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Vergara, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1984 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Tony Vega, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Geraldo Alvarez, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Eddie Palmieri, Producer, Piano, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jonathan Castro, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Charlie Sepulveda, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Giovanni Hidalgo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Juan Torres, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Cali Aleman, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer - Angie Machado, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Anthony Carrillo, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Mercado, Producer, Executive Producer - Francisco Zamora, ComposerLyricist - Ralph Torres, Trombone, Chorus, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Candelario, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie “El Pirata” Cotto, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Polito Huertas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Héctor Veneros, Saxophone, AssociatedPerformer - Hilton Colon, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Johnny Lebron, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Villarini, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1987 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Andy Gonzalez, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Sal Cuevas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Barry Rogers, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Eddie Palmieri, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Cheo Feliciano, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edward Palmieri, ComposerLyricist - Ismael Quintana, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Victor Paz, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Masucci, Producer, Executive Producer - Alfredo Li, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Francisco Zumaqué Gómez, Arranger, Work Arranger
℗ 1981 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Eddie Palmieri, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Eddie Palmieri, Producer, Piano, Recording Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Palmieri, Percussion, Guiro, Maracas, AssociatedPerformer - Giovanni Hidalgo, Bongos, AssociatedPerformer - Eladio Perez, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Greenbaum, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Juan Torres, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Gamalier González, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Ralph Torres, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Victor Candelario, Trombone, AssociatedPerformer - Dario Morales, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie “El Pirata” Cotto, Timbales , AssociatedPerformer - Polito Huertas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Angie Antomattei, Trumpet, AssociatedPerformer - José Cheo Medina, Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Silvio Vegara, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Eddie Palmieri, Producer, Recording Producer, MainArtist - Edward Palmieri, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
Eddie Palmieri has come a long way from Harlem River Drive, the first band he formed upon getting to New York from Puerto Rico. Since that time, he's become a well-known of deep son and salsa bands, an arranger, a session musician, and even as a film composer. EP is a 1985 session with no musicians' credits and no notes, so all you can do is go on the merits of the music. It's a big band session, with cooking Latin rhythms and Afro-Cuban melodics, as well as a few vanguard compositional touches. The record smokes thoroughly from beginning to end, revealing that Palmieri has lost none of his fire since the mid-'70s, and is a stunning showcase of his abilities as an arranger and composer. "El Dia Que Me Quieras," which is a tango by Carlos Gardel, is adapted here by Palmieri for his large band. He begins with a pastoral string section into, playing glissando over miniscule changes in tempo and timbre. Next thing you know, the salsa enters and rocks it up with a host of singers in call-and-response mode before an oboe winds its way right though the mix to re-establish Gardel's theme. Another notable is the "Palo Pa Rumba," authored by Palmieri. Using classic form and shading the beats with a three-part harmonic horn choir augmented by a piano bridging the rhythms and melodies, the entire track turns into a dervish rhumba frenzy by moving the minor key figures into extended mode until they virtually cover the original melody while not departing from it. It sizzles and shakes with polyrhythmic fever whirling around the listener until it burns itself out seven-and-a-half minutes later. There is no let up or let down, and given that this is a 1985 session when a lot of the bands were disappearing, it's a welcome addition to the Latin big band catalog.
© Thom Jurek /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 7 track(s)
- Total length: 00:42:25
- Main artists: Eddie Palmieri
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Fania
- Genre: World
© 1990 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1990 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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