Eddie Palmieri and the Afro-Caribbean Jazz Stars – review

Ronnie Scott's, LondonRepetition is key to most forms of dance, from deep house to The Rite of Spring – an explicit pulse that keeps limbs in motion. Eddie Palmieri's brand of "Nuyorican" Afro-Caribbean music can be as sophisticated and complex as jazz, but its Latin rhythms are embedded in every tune he plays.There is little space for dancing at Ronnie Scott's, but everywhere you looked people were moving, shifting, tapping feet and fingertips to Palmieri's infectious grooves. Waiting staff, ...

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