Eddie Palmieri

Hello Everyone!


We have just arrived from two great tours to Europe. Our first tour began in the UK, first we went to Manchester and then to Brighton. We lucked out in Brighton because our hotel was right by the beach, (always a good thing), and we had beautiful weather to boot. The concerts went very well and then we were off to Monsegur, France. In France, we saw great local talent and everyone treated us very well over there. It was a very family oriented Festival, which is always nice to see. The next day we went to Denmark to perform at the Copenhagen Jazz Festival where we had 10,000 people. After Copenhagen, we returned home and enjoyed a week off. Then it was time to pack our bags again and head back to Europe, now on our way to Paris to perform at the New Morning where we have performed for many years now. We always have a great turn out in Paris and watching everyone enjoy the show is always exciting for us. After Paris we went to Reims, which was absolutely wonderful; the band really played well. The tour continued with our next stop being Merano, Italy, which is right off the border of Austria. What a beautiful setting, truly spectacular to see. The venue was built in the early 19th century and they even had an old style Bösendorfer piano in the green room with antique paintings. We had a great sound engineer at that concert and we really took care of business performance wise; it was one of our best and the people loved it. From there we flew to Bari for another gig, and then the next day we had a three hour car ride that took us to Campodipietra, which was an extraordinary event in and of itself. There was an accident in the tunnel which meant that now we had to go over the mountains with lots of winding, tightly curved roads (that had no railings), in a thunder and lightning storm, and at one point we were even driving underneath windmills (this was worse than the “piquiñas” of PR!). What a spectacular ride! In Campodipietra I ran into Horacio “El Negro” Hernandez, a great drummer and great friend, who was on tour with the talented pianist Fahir Atakoğlu who is from Istanbul, Turkey. It was wonderful to see Negro and also to witness his translating skills…as Fahir would speak in English to the audience, Negro would translate what he was saying into Italian! Well done, Negro! (Oye, Negro, gracias por el vino y que viva el trio!!!) Also, a very special thank you to Enrico Iubatti for all of his hard work and sound engineering expertise for amplification of my acoustic piano. Gracias, Enrico!

The next day we had a three hour drive to Rome where we boarded a flight to Frankfurt and then from Frankfurt we came home. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the musicians that travel and perform with me on the different international bandstands – I am blessed with the opportunity to continue to perform!

With two days rest, I was on a plane to Vail, Colorado where I was the invited guest of Savion Glover, the tap dancer extraordinaire, to perform with him at the Vail International Dance Festival at the Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater. Savion performed first with his presentation and then I came on afterwards. We closed the show just he and I in a duo playing La Libertad Logica and we brought the house down. It has been a great musical summer!

Last but not least, I am very happy to announce the launch of my new online store, which has three different t-shirts and a “Madman” baseball hat for sale so please take a moment to check out our new merchandise.

I want to thank my son Eddie Palmieri II and daughter Ileana “La Jibarita” for all the hard labor they knock out for me day in and day out…And, I want to thank everybody on my Newsletter Mailing List for your support – we will keep you informed of the events as they happen and I wish you a safe everyday.


Eddie Palmieri

About to go onstage in Reims, France















Dinner in Bari

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