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A tribute to the late great NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri and an in-depth chat with Lizz Wright

By Doug Doyle
Published August 11, 2025 at 3:58 PM EDT
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Eddie Palmieri's Big Band was up in Harlem, performing his Harlem River Drive Suite. The bass player is Luquez Curtis, who played with Eddie for many years and was close to him.
Jonathan Chimene
Eddie Palmieri's Big Band was up in Harlem, performing his Harlem River Drive Suite. The bass player is Luquez Curtis, who played with Eddie for many years and was close to him.

On the August 9 WBGO Journal...

We pay tribute to the late great NEA Jazz Master Eddie Palmieri with a 2020 conversation with friend, WBGO's Latin Jazz Cruise host and percussionist Bobby Sanabria at Yamaha Artist Services...

Bobby Sanabria, Eddie Palmieri and Luques Curtis at Yamaha Artist Services in NYC in 2020
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Bobby Sanabria, Eddie Palmieri and Luques Curtis at Yamaha Artist Services in NYC in 2020

Eddie Palmieri died on Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at the age of 88.

Eddie Palmieri's Big Band performs in Harlem
Jonathan Chimene
Eddie Palmieri's Big Band performs in Harlem

Host Doug Doyle chats with singer and songwriter Lizz Wright..

Lizz Wright
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Lizz Wright

You can SEE Doug Doyle's entire interview with Lizz Wright below.

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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