(AP) - Eddie Palmieri, the avant-garde musician who was one of the most innovative artists of rumba and Latin jazz, has died.

HACKENSACK, N.J. (AP) — Eddie Palmieri, groundbreaking Latin music artist who was the first Latino to win a Grammy Award, ...

Eddie Palmieri, the first Latino to win a Grammy Award, died at his home in New Jersey after "an extended illness" following ...

Eddie Palmieri, the Grammy Award-winning pianist, bandleader, musician, and composer of Puerto Rican ancestry who ...

A post on Eddie Palmieri's official Facebook page said the pianist, composer and bandleader passed away at his residence in New Jersey on.