Transcript: Palmieri Still Brings Dancers to Their Feet

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October 16, 1994
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LIANE HANSEN, Host: He's called the king of the salsa piano. For more than 30 years, composer and band leader Eddie Palmieri has been electrifying audiences with his unconventional arrangements of Latin jazz. Countless musicians today are splashing around in waters he charted back in the 1960's. Now the five-time Grammy award winner has a new album. Howard Mandel has heard it and has this report.

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HOWARD MANDEL: Eddie Palmieri, at age 58, is dapper, trim and, one is tempted to say, wired - anyway - lit up with excitement about the music to which he's devoted his life.

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EDDIE PALMIERI: I don't guess that I'm going to excite you. ...

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