Charlie Palmieri

piano, organ · 1927–1988 · New York

New York pianist and organist, nicknamed “The Giant of the Keyboards”, brother of Eddie Palmieri. After the charanga of La Duboney in the 1950s and 1960s, he turned to boogaloo and released Latin Bugalu on Atlantic in 1968.

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Styles

• Latin jazz, Afro-Cuban
• Soul jazz, boogaloo

Landmark tracks

• Mambo Show (1968)
• Bugalu (1968)
• Cote Pa La Cola (1968)
• Panama's Boogaloo (1968)

Sources

• Source

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