VIVA PALMIERI:ALEGRE#816 (Black) (1962) HEAR GREAT

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REMARKS: ANOTHER EARLY SALSA "GEM".....ORIGINAL ...NEW YORK IN THE EARLY 60s....PACHANGA!!!!!....EXTREMELY HARD TO FIND!

The older brother of Eddie Palmieri, Charlie Palmieri was every bit as gifted a pianist as his sibling, very percussive and responsive to rhythm while also flashing florid passages that were clearly the product of a classical education. His piano studies began at seven and he attended the Juilliard School of Music, turning pro at 16. He started the group El Conjunto Pin Pin in 1948, and then played in a series of ensembles -- including those of Tito Puente, Tito Rodriguez, and Pupi Campo -- before forming his own Charanga Duboney group in 1958. As music director of the Alegre All Stars while recording for the Alegre label in the 1960s, Palmieri stimulated competition among Latin labels like Tico and Fania, which formed their own all-star bands in response. Like many Latin jazz artists of the time, Palmieri flirted with the popular Latin boogaloo style in the 1960s and made some records for major labels like RCA Victor and Atlantic. He endured a near mental breakdown in 1969, but rebounded to work again for Puente on his El Mambo de Tito Puente television program, and he also found a second career as a historian and teacher of Latin music and history at various New York colleges in the 1970s. Palmieri moved briefly to Puerto Rico from 1980 to 1983, and after suffering a severe heart attack and stroke upon his return to New York, he recovered to lead various Latin combos, including Combo Gigante. One of his last recordings was a galvanizing cameo appearance on Mongo Santamaria's "Mayeya" in 1987 (now on Mongo's Afro Blue: The Picante Collection for Concord Picante), and he appeared in England for the first time in 1988 shortly before his death. Almost all of Palmieri's work is hard to find through domestic channels, but Messidor's A Giant Step is available on CD

TRACKS SIDE A:

1 El Vendedor de Mangos (Pachanga)

(2:54)

2 El Niño Andreu (Cha-Cha-Cha)

(2:55)

3 Lo Dicen Todos (Son Montuño)

(3:12)

5 Lagrimas y Tristezas (Bolero)

(3:22)

4 Buchipluma Na' Ma' (Pachanga)

(3:23)

5 Oh! Cara (Cha-Cha-Cha)

(2:57)

1 Pachanga Melodiosa

(2:45)

2 Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh-Oh, Eh Ah (Pachanga)

(2:33)

3 Mi Amor No Esta de Moda (Cha-Cha-Cha)

(2:47)

4 Galletana (Pachanga)

(5:12)

5 Estuve Pensando (Bolero)

(2:28)

PERSONNEL:

WILLIE TORRES: VOCALIST 

Arranged By - Charlie Palmieri

Artwork By [Cover Art] - Abel Navarro

Bass - Roy Colindres

Cello - David Soyer

Chorus - Rudy Calzado , Victor Velazquez (Vocalist Also) 

Conductor - Charlie Palmieri

Flute - Rod Lewis Sanchez

Other [Notes] - Tom Rosado

Percussion - Patato* , Joe Rodriguez , Julian Cabrera , Tommy Lopez

Piano - Charlie Palmieri

Producer - Al Santiago     

Violin - Daniel Gonzalez , Jose Andreu , Jose Silva , Rafael Araoz

CHORUS - Antar Daly , Felo Brito , Willie Torres

REMARKS:

"He formed Charanga 'La Duboney' late '59 with four violins, Pacheco on flute: Gilberto Valdés had been unsuccessful early '50s with charanga format, but Duboney's debut at a New Year's Eve dance launched a craze: they became so popular that they played several dances a night. 'La Duboney' LP debut was Let's Dance The Charanga! '60 on United Artists (reissued as Echoes Of An Era on West Side Latino), with vocalist Vitín Avilés (b 30 Sept. '24, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico); Pacheco left to form his own group. Switched to Al Santiago's Alegre label for three original and swinging Charanga 'La Duboney' volumes: Pachanga at the Caravana Club , Viva Palmieri and Salsa Na' Ma' Vol. 3 '61-63, as well as contribute tracks to Las Charangas - Pacheco, Palmieri, Fajardo '61.

PERSONNEL:SEE REMARKS ABOVE!

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