Remo Palmieri

It always seemed strange that Remo Palmieri, who gained some attention in the early days of bop, never became a bigger name, particularly since he was active for such a long period of time. Palmieri originally hoped to be an artist and he played guitar with local groups in order to pay for his studies. However by 1942 he was a fulltime musician, playing with Nat Jaffe's Trio. From that point on Palmieri had a succession of big name jobs including with Coleman Hawkins (1943), Red Norvo (1944), Barney Bigard, Billie Holiday, Phil Moore and Dizzy Gillespie (1945), recording with ...