Mozambique

Performer: Eddie Palmieri
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel include: Eddie Palmieri (piano), Ismael Quintana (voice-box), Manny Ocquendo (timbales). Originally released in 1965, Eddie Palmieri's MOZAMBIQUE is an excellent early album from the Latin jazz icon. The title refers to a rhythmic style (rather than the African country) that synthesizes mambo and conga. Naturally, the album is heavy on percussion, with timbales and congas leading the charge. Ismale Quintana provides the vocals, and Palmieri's piano work dazzles as usual on tunes such as "Estamos Chao" and "Pobre Pedro." The recording was re-released in 2008 with crisply remastered sound.

Born into a musical family in East Harlem, New York, Latin jazz pianist par excellence Eddie Palmieri grew up in a melting pot of Latin music styles. He has recorded extensively since his first groups became active in the 1960s; jazz influences began to appear in his work in the mid-'60s. He explored a compelling mix of Latin percussion, electronics, and jazz in the '70s, making him a seminal figure of this distinctive soul fusion.

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