Eddie Palmieri, La Perfecta during The 26th Annual Atlanta Jazz Festival - Day 2 at Piedmont Park in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. (Photo by R. Diamond/WireImage) The world lost a giant of music.

There was quiet chatter in Buskirk-Chumley Theatre. Most of the seats on both levels of the theatre were filled. The stage was littered with chairs and instruments, both waiting for their companions.

“I’ve been called the ‘madman of salsa,’” said Eddie Palmieri. “I’ve got so many names, I forget my own name.” Palmieri has also been called an innovator by many and a “Jazz Master” by the National ...

Jazz sometimes gets a bad rap as a genre that’s grown stuffy, stodgy and best enjoyed sitting down. And then there’s Riverview Jazz’s Jersey City Pier Fest, which for the next three Fridays will prove ...

Pulling jazz and salsa into a unique mixture requires a balance between freedom and structure. Salsa recordings benefit from tightly arranged forms with commercially dictated norms. Jazz thrives upon ...