Eddie Palmieri In Dallas @ Don Julio Legends of Latin Music.

Tequila Don Julio Legends of Latin Music Series arrives in Dallas with a special concert performance by seven-time Grammy Award winning salsa artist Eddie Palmieri at the Gypsy Tea Room on Thursday, May 30, 2002. Doors will open at 8 p.m. with the opening act, flamenco sensation Cerro Negro with Ida Y Vuelta, taking the stage at 9:00 p.m. followed by Palmieri’s soulful performance at 10:30 p.m.

“We are pleased and honored to be able to work with Eddie Palmieri, one of the most legendary and elite artists in Latin music history, again on the Tequila Don Julio Legends of Latin Music Series,” explained Rick Tapia, Pernod Ricard USA Marketing Manager for Tequila. “Palmieri’s infectious music and award winning rhythms have made him a popular entertainer in the United States as well as Europe, Japan and Latin America. With such cross cultural appeal, Palmieri has become a
worldwide star and a Grammy Award icon.”

Palmieri’s performance in Dallas is the final stop of the national music tour which highlights great Latin musicians. The series opened in November with a three night retrospective on the career of the legendary Poncho Sanchez and his Latin jazz band in Los Angeles and continued in San Francisco with a performance by Palmieri. Sanchez and his band returned for another riveting performance in Chicago while jazz trumpeter Arturo Sandoval played in Seattle as part of the series.

Before Palmieri takes the stage to perform, flamenco band Cerro Negro and flamenco dance company Ida Y Vuelta, perform their powerful and innovative music and choreography. Ida Y Vuelta Flamenco Dance Company has been on the cutting edge of the flamenco art form incorporating traditional and state of the art flamenco choreography, costuming and instrumentation for many years. Cerro Negro, originally from Fresno, California, blend the sounds of Spanish guitars with exotic Latin
percussion to create a unique, gypsy influenced acoustic sound.

Born in Spanish Harlem in 1936, Eddie Palmieri opened his musical career at an early age when he began studying piano with his older brother, the late salsa legend and pianist Charlie Palmieri. By the age of eleven, he made his classical debut at Carnegie Hall and in the early 1961 formed his own band, the legendary Conjunto La Perfecta. With an infectious and soaring sound, Palmieri’s band soon joined the ranks of Machito, Tito Rodriguez and other major Latin orchestras of the day. Palmieri’s discography includes more than 32 titles and he has been awarded seven Grammys including the first presentation in the Best Latin Album category for his 1975 release “The Sun of Latin Music” and the following year for “Unfinished Materpiece.” This year Palmieri won his seventh Latin Grammy award for his most recent album “Obra Maestra/Materpiece.” For more than 37 years, Palmieri has remained a powerhouse of brilliance and sound that has stirred, captivated and elevated audiences in the United States and throughout the world.