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Eddie Palmieri, born in 1936 to Puerto Rican parents in New York's Spanish Harlem district, grew up with Afro-Cuban music. His musical hallmark is his unusually percussive approach to the piano. Palmieri is regarded as the greatest living salsa bandleader and experimental Latin jazz pianist, who was the first Latin musician ever to receive a Grammy over 25 years ago.
The title track Vamonos Pa’l Monte (“Let’s go to the mountains”) is more than an invitation for urban Latinos to attend a rural party. As Ismael Quintana, legendary sonero (singer) and co-writer of the song, explains: “The lyrics were about trying to cope with the injustices in the world. It meant let’s get out of this crazy mess and so much negativity that we live in, and let’s go to the mountains.”
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