Eddie Palmieri’s music could shake a room while testing its boundaries. From La Perfecta’s roaring trombones onward, the Nuyorican pianist stretched Afro-Caribbean dance music with jazz improvisation, harmonic daring and a restless appetite for new sounds without loosening its rhythmic grip. A year after his death at 88, longtime collaborators Louis Fouché and Luques Curtis lead Palmieri alumni including Brian Lynch, Conrad Herwig, Herman Olivera and Nelson Gonzalez in a celebration of a musical language built to move bodies and keep moving forward.

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