Eddie Palmieri at Union Theatre

Eddie Palmieri is the piano player in a latin jazz band. He played at the Union Theatre in the Memorial Union as a part of the Ithsmus Jazz Series.

His band consisted of Eddie on piano, a trumpet, trombone, bass, and three percussionists.

Palmieri started of the concert by playing a solo peice that was very moving and it was very moving and have many mood changes. After that, the rest of the band joined in for what seemed like a half hour jam on the same chord progression, with each instrument taking the spot light and improvising.

The percussion section was very lively and definatley gave the music a very latin sound with congas, cow bell, tom tom and a snare drums. I could recognize certain claves through out the concert, including the crowd clap along that lasted a good 5 minutes.

The trumpet player was astounding, and played very fast scales going high and low and in every direction. The trombone player was also very excellent, but I would have liked his microphone to have been turned up a little bit more.

Overall, Palmieri was the highlight of the show, and played an arrangement of different chord voicings, and very latin swing music that would make you want to get up and start dancing. From a playing point of view, it is sort of a depressing since Palmieri unbeleivably good, and has been playing for 40 yars, and if I am ever to get has good as him, I have alot of work down the road. But it is still enjoyable to hear such an exquisite jazz ensamble.

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