Charlie Palmieri • Latin Bugalu

Carlos Manuel "Charlie" Palmieri (November 21, 1927 – September 12, 1988) was a renowned bandleader and musical director of salsa music. He was known as the "Giant of the Keyboards".

Early years

Palmieri's parents migrated to New York from Ponce, Puerto Rico in 1926 and settled down in the South Bronx where Palmieri was born. As a child, Palmieri taught himself to play the piano by ear. He attended the public school system. At age 7, his father enrolled him at The Juilliard School, where he took piano lessons. By the time Palmieri was 14 years old, he and his 5-year-old brother, Eddie, participated in many talent contests, often winning prizes. It was at this time that his godfather introduced him to the music of the Latin bands - an experience which inspired him to become a musician.

In 1943, when still only 16 years old and still in high school, he made his professional debut as a piano player for the Osario Selasie Band. He graduated from high school in 1946, and immediately went to play for various bands. He made his recording debut with the song "Se Va La Rumba" as a member of the Rafael Muñiz Band.

Musical career

In October 1947, Tito Puente, the musical director of the Fernando Álvarez Band, was impressed with Palmieri and hired him to play for his band at the Copacabana Club; here he played with Tito until 1953 and during the 1950s he played with various bands. Besides having played with Tito Puente, he played with Pupi Campo's Band and worked on Jack Paar's CBS daytime television show. Palmieri also formed a couple of bands that performed at the Palladium Ballroom - these were however short-lived because of a lack of work. During this time, he also worked as an accompanist for other bands.

Palmieri worked for several years in Chicago, but returned to New York and formed a band called "Charanga La Duboney". While performing at the Monte Carlo Ballroom, Palmieri heard a young man by the name of Johnny Pacheco playing the flute - the playing so impressed him that he hired him on the spot. The mixture of Pacheco's flute with the strings of the violins in Palmieri's band led to the 1960s Charanga craze in the United States. Palmieri was signed by the United Artists Record company and had several Latino hits. Palmieri did however suffer various setbacks - first Pacheco left the band and then United Artists cancelled his contract because of a conflict of interest with their other recording star, Tito Rodríguez. This led to Palmieri's signing with the Alegre Records label and with whom he had two best selling "hits" with "Como Bailan La Pachanga" and "La Pachanga Se Baila Así".

When the Charanga craze declined in popularity, Palmieri switched to the new trend, the Boogaloo, by replacing the flute and violins with three trumpets and two trombones, he also dropped the word "Charanga" from his bands' name and it became known simply as "La Duboney". In 1965, he scored a hit with "Tengo Máquina y Voy a 60" (Going like 60) and in 1967 with "Hay Que Estar En Algo/Either You Have It or You Don't". In 1968, Palmieri recorded "Latin Bugalú" under the Atlantic Records label, which was also released in the United Kingdom.

In the 1970s, Palmieri worked as the musical director for Tito Puente's television show "El Mundo de Tito Puente" (Tito Puente's World). He also taught and lectured about Latin music and culture at various educational institutions. After reorganizing his band, Palmieri played the organ and recorded "La Hija de Lola" (Lola's daughter) and "La Vecina" (The neighbor). In 1971, he provided his organ playing talents to some of his brother's recordings. In 1978, he added the melodica to his recording The Heavyweight, an LP recorded for Alegre Records that also featured Bobby Rodríguez on bass, Quique Dávila on timbales, Papiro Allende on congas, Willie Rodríguez on bongoes, Roy Román y Lou Laurita on trumpets, Bobby Nelson on sax, Marco Katz on trombone, Harry Viggiano on tres, and the vocalists Meñique, Julito Villot, and Adalberto Santiago.

Among the artists Palmieri worked with at one time or another were his brother Eddie, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Herbie Mann, Ismael Rivera, Rafael Cortijo, Ismael Quintana, Bobby Capó, Mongo Santamaría, Cal Tjader, and Ray Barretto.

Later years

In 1980, Palmieri moved back to Puerto Rico but returned to New York for business - on one trip there he suffered a massive heart attack and stroke. He soon recovered and returned to the music world as the member of various bands. On June 1988, he debuted in the United Kingdom accompanied by London's Robin "King Salsa" Jones.

Palmieri gave private piano lessons to students at the Schuylerville Music Center in the Throggs Neck section of the Bronx in New York City. During this time he also appeared in the 1988 movie Salsa.

Four days before his death, Palmieri gave a private show at La Fortaleza in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he performed solo at the piano for the Governor of Puerto Rico (at the time, Rafael Hernández Colón) and his guests. On September 12, 1988, Charlie Palmieri suffered another heart attack upon his arrival at New York where as the musical director of the Joe Cuba Sextet he was to arrange a concert. He died later that day at Jacobi Hospital in the Bronx.

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Carlos Manuel "Charlie" Palmieri (Nueva York, Estados Unidos, 21 de noviembre de 1927 – 12 de septiembre de 1988) fue un pianista, compositor y director de orquesta de salsa, jazz afrocubano o jazz latino.

Comienzos

Sus padres emigraron a Nueva York desde su ciudad natal (ponce, en Puerto Rico) en 1926, y se asentaron en el Bronx, donde Palmieri nació. Comenzó a tocar el piano de oidas. A los siete años, su padre lo matriculó en la Juilliard School, para recibir lecciones del instrumento. Cuando Palmieri cumplió 14 años, participó en varios concursos de talentos y ganó varios premios junto con su hermano menor, Eddie. Su abuelo, lo introdujo en la música de las bandas de música latina.

En 1943, cuando tenía solo 16 años y continuaba aún en la high school, hizo su debut profesional como pianista con la "Osario Selasie Band". Graduado en 1946, debutó en el mundo discográfico con el tema "Se Va La Rumba", como miembro de la banda de Rafael Muñiz.

Evolución

En octubre de 1947, Tito Puente, quedó impresionado con Palmieri y le contrató para tocar con su banda en el Copacabana Club; permaneció con Tito hasta 1953, tocando después con numerosas bandas. Trabajó con la Pupi Campo's Band y en el show diario que Jack Paar tenía en la CBS-TV. Palmieri formó también un par de orquestas para tocar en el Palladium Ballroom.

Palmieri trabajó durante varios años en Chicago, aunque regresó a Nueva York y formó una banda llamada "Charanga La Duboney". Mientras tocaba, una noche, en el Monte Carlo Ballroom, Palmieri escuchó a un joven llamado Johnny Pacheco tocando la flauta y quedó impresionado. La mezcla de la flauta de Pacheco con las cuerdas de la orquesta de Palmieri, fueron el origen de la locura por la Charanga en los Estados Unidos. Palmieri firmó con United Artists Records y obtuvo varios éxitos. Sin embargo, Pacheco dejó la banda y United Artists rompió su contrato por un conflicto de intereses con su artista más comercial, Tito Rodríguez. Firmó entonces con Alegre Records y obtuvo nuevos éxitos, con los discos "Cómo bailan la pachanga" y "La pachanga se baila así".

Cuando decayó la popularidad de la pachanga, Palmieri giró hacia el nuevo ritmo de éxito, el Boogaloo, reformando la estructura de su orquesta, dejando aparte las cuerdas y la flauta e incorporando trompetas y trombones, y reduciendo el nombre de su banda a "La Duboney". En 1965, consiguió un nuevo éxito con "Tengo máquina y voy a 60", y en 1967 con "Hay que estar en algo/Either You Have It or You Don't". En 1968, Palmieri grabó "Latin Bugalu" para Atlantic Records.

En la década de 1970, Palmieri ejerció de director musical para el programa de TV, "El Mundo de Tito Puente", además desarrolló una labor pedagógica sobre música latina. En 1971, tras reorganizar su banda, Palmieri comienza a tocar el órgano, colaborando en los discos de su hermano. ​ En 1974, edita un LP titulado "El Gigante del Teclado", del cual se destacaron los éxitos "La hija de Lola", "La vecina" y "El Pan Sobao", con la participación del cantante puertorriqueño Vitín Avilés. Dos años más tarde, en 1976, añadió la melódica en su grabación The Heavyweight, un LP editado por Alegre Records, que también incluyó a Bobby Rodríguez en el bajo, Quique Davlia en los timbales, Papiro Allende en las congas, Willie Rodríguez en los bongos, Roy Román y Lou Laurita en las trompetas, Bobby Nelson en el saxo, Marco Katz al trombón, Harry Viggiano tocando el tres, más los vocalistas Meñique, Julito Villot, y Adalberto Santiago.

Entre los muchos artistas con los que trabajó Palmieri, están su hermano Eddie, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, Herbie Mann, Ismael Rivera, Rafael Cortijo, Ismael Quintana, Bobby Capo, Mongo Santamaría y Ray Barretto.

Últimos años

En 1980, Palmieri se instaló en Puerto Rico pero, viajando a Nueva York por razones de trabajo, sufrió un ataque cardíaco. Se recuperó pronto y volvió al mundo de la música en 1988, realizando una gira por el Reino Unido.​ Palmieri se dedicó a partir de entonces a dar lecciones de piano en el Schuylerville Music Center del Bronx. Ese mismo año, 1988, apareció en la película Salsa.

El 12 de septiembre de 1988, Charlie Palmieri sufrió otro ataque en Nueva York, donde estaba para un concierto como director musical de Joe Cuba. Murió al día siguiente en el Jacobi Hospital del Bronx.

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