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Essential Listening

William Jones | Rockville, MD USA | 09/12/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This band inspired everyone who either played, danced, or listened to salsa music. Everything they recorded is worth owning. This is one of the best of the lot."

Yet another Palmieri essential.

Justo Roteta | Los Angeles, California United States | 08/02/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Because he has recorded so many great albums, it's an extemely daunting task to pick out just one Eddie Palmieri CD over all the others. This one includes "Bomba De Corazon", "Verdad Amarga" and "Descarga Palmieri" and based on these masterpieces is well worth having. If I were to pick out one "starter" album for anyone being introduced to El Maestro Palmieri for the first time, this one would be it."

Classical New York Salsa

Michael E. Hauben | Hilo, HI United States | 04/20/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A "must have" for any decent salsa collection. Conjures up memories of Friday nights at the Palladium when I had the privilege of attending as the king of the Bronx held court, back in the days of DJ's Dick Ricardo Sugar and the great Symphony Sid. Yet the music is timeless, the standard as superlative now as it was then. Puente is better known nationally and internationally, but Palmieri is an incomparable master in his own right. These recordings by the unique Orquesta La Perfecta--"the sound of the two trombones"--and its trademark vocalist, Ismael Quintana, compare very favorably to the current crop of Latin Jazz compositions on the one hand, or, on the other, to the latter day Cuban Buenavista Social Club revivalists. Old yet amazingly current."