A Tribute to Eddie Palmieri featuring the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra

Join us for a very special evening as our creative musical community honors “El Maestro” – NEA Jazz Master and ten-time Grammy Award winner Eddie Palmieri.

A dazzling pianist whose technique incorporates bits and pieces from everyone from McCoy Tyner to Herbie Hancock and recycles them through a dynamic Latin groove, Palmieri has been a Latin jazz and salsa institution for the past 60 years.

Renowned Latin Jazz artists and members of Palmieri’s band will take the stage to celebrate “El Maestro” and pass the torch to talented emerging artists including the Purchase Latin Jazz Orchestra – an ensemble made up of top students from the Purchase College Conservatory of Music – and the winners of the inaugural Purchase College Latin Jazz Festival. Palmieri himself will be in attendance, participating as a judge for the Purchase College Latin Jazz Festival during the day, and saying a few words during the evening concert.

This performance is presented in partnership with Purchase College Conservatory of Music, as part of the Purchase High School Latin Jazz Festival.