The Sun of Latin Music

by Eddie Palmieri

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  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1974
  • Label: Coco
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 28:56
  • Community rating: 4.04/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

This landmark salsa recording earned the first-ever Grammy Award for Best Latin Recording. Eddie Palmieri masterfully integrates complex jazz harmonies and symphonic elements into blazing Afro-Cuban rhythms, propelled by the vocal powerhouse Lalo Rodr铆guez and a fiercely tight brass section.

Genres

Descriptors: progressive, suite, rhythmic, piano, orchestral, percussive, virtuosic

Tracklist

  1. Mi Cumbia (3:19)
  2. Nada de Ti (6:28)
  3. Una Rosa Espanola (Medley) (5:22)
  4. Un Dia Bonito (6:12)
  5. Nunca Contigo (3:53)
  6. Deseo Salvaje (3:41)

Credits

  • Eddie Palmieri - primary artist, piano
  • Rene Hernandez - arranged by
  • Eddie Rivera - bass
  • Tommy "Chuckie" Lopez, Jr. - bongos
  • Eladio Perez - congas
  • Jimmy Sabater - coro
  • Willie Torres - coro
  • Peter Gordon - french horn

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