Recorded Live at Sing Sing, Vol. 1

Performer: Eddie Palmieri
Producer: Joe Cain
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Eddie Palmieri (piano); Arturo Campa, Arturo Franquiz, Ismael Quintana (vocals); Harry Viggiano, Cornell Dupree (guitar); Ronnie Cuber (saxophone); Raymond Maldonado (trumpet); Jose Rodrigues (trombone); Hank Anderson, Andy Gonz�lez (bass guitar); Reggie Barnes (drums); Ray Romero (congas); Nicky Marrero (bongos); Charlie Santiago (timbales); Jerry Gonzalez (percussion). Additional personnel: Charlie Palmieri (organ); Jimmy Norman & The Harlem River Drive Singers, Lorene Joe Gaines, Jose Chequi Torres, Chavetita, Pirigon, Alvin Taylor. For a time in the late 1960s and early '70s, Latin music legend Eddie Palmieri's output had a political edge to it. His addressing of economic and racial injustice reached its pinnacle on 1971's RECORDED LIVE AT SING SING. Backed by his Harlem River Drive ensemble, this performance at the upstate New York prison also showcases the culmination of Palmieri's experiments in funk, jazz, and fusion. The combination here of relentless ethnic grooves, hard-hitting funk workouts, and political fire positions Palmieri and his band as something of a Latin equivalent of Fela Kuti and his Africa ensembles. Long out-of-print, this fierce musical sign of the times was reissued in 2007.

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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