{"id":3592701,"uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/plays/3592701/?format=json","airdate":"2025-12-18T14:03:52-08:00","show":65411,"show_uri":"https://api.kexp.org/v2/shows/65411/?format=json","image_uri":"","thumbnail_uri":"","song":"La Malanga","track_id":null,"recording_id":null,"artist":"Eddie Palmieri","artist_ids":["42b5af45-312e-4dc1-ad0c-84dea2d5dcb2"],"album":"Superimposition","release_id":null,"release_group_id":"11087ccc-b06f-35ea-b64b-2713e6cb8ae3","labels":["Fania"],"label_ids":["a00f1d54-2e47-492b-b24b-3b994b2ba0c4"],"release_date":"1970-01-01","rotation_status":null,"is_local":false,"is_request":false,"is_live":false,"comment":"Eddie Palmieri, a pianist, composer and bandleader whose contributions to Afro-Caribbean music helped usher in the golden age of salsa died in August at age 88. \nIn the 1960s and early '70s, Palmieri released a string of albums with his orchestra La Perfecta. They fused syncopated Afro-Caribbean beats and jazz stylings.\n\nSongs like \"Bilongo,\" \"Café\" and \"La Malanga\" featured Palmieri's signature, highly percussive piano playing. His was a full-bodied technique, employing forearms, elbows and even an occasional growl from the maestro himself.: https://www.npr.org/2025/08/06/1197084433/eddie-palmieri-latin-jazz-legend-has-died\n--\nDon't miss this live performance of \"La Malanga\" in Berlin in 2012: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sveKQkHmBXw","location":1,"location_name":"Default","play_type":"trackplay"}