Date: March 28, 2019 to March 28, 2019
Where: (Le) Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleecker Street, New York, New York, United States, 10012
Phone: N/A
Event Type: Concerts & Music, Nightlife
Ticket Price: N/A
Salsa Meets Funk: A tribute to Charlie Palmieri by the Uprising All Stars Band. Ft. DJ Set by Stretch and Bobbito at (le) poisson rouge 7:00pm doors | 8:00pm show | 18+ $25 general admission advance | $30 general admission day of show **Please note that our ticketing system is paperless. All tickets are for will call only.** Gatekeepers of NYC culture, Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia and the Uprising All Stars will celebrate the Masters of the Music Universe with a live concert followed by a DJ set in tribute to the legends that have made NYC groove. This will be the beginning of an epic concert series featuring tastemaker musicians and DJ’s leading up to a collaborative live music project featuring Stretch Armstrong, Bobbito Garcia and the Uprising All Star musicians. Assembled under the watchful eyes (and ears!) of 10x grammy winner Eddie Palmieri, and led by Jimmy Bosch (Eddie Palmieri, Fania All Stars, Ruben Blades, etc), the Uprising All Stars will honor the legacy of Charlie Palmieri with current legends Little Johnny Rivero (Eddie Palmieri, Sonora Ponceña, etc), Grammy-nominated Doug Beavers (Eddie Palmieri, Spanish Harlem Orchestra, etc) and vocalist/Broadway actor, Quique Gonzalez ("I Like it Like That," La India, etc). The band also features future stars Luques Curtis (Eddie Palmieri, Christian McBride, etc), Zaccai Curtis (Curtis Bros., Cindy Blackman, etc) and Jonathan Powell (Eddie Palmieri, Blood, Sweat and Tears, etc) among other notable rising stars. After the live show, legendary djs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia will lead listeners, dancers and fans on an historical journey through some of the most world-influential groove music in NYC culture. Most of all they will raise you up and set you free to dance all night. Charlie Palmieri spearheaded the Descarga jam session style of recording in Latin music. His recordings for legendary companies like Alegre Records in the '60s stimulated competition among companies like Tico a