Few albums are more aptly titled than Eddie Palmieri’s 1962 debut, La Perfecta. Recorded with his backing band of the same name, La Perfecta is a near-flawless distillation of the flourishing Latin jazz scene of New York in the 1960s, bustling with Technicolor horns, airtight salsa rhythms, and Palmieri’s bright, urbane piano lines holding it all together. Since then, he’s solidified his reputation among diehards as one of the pillars of his trade, but all the neophyte has to do is listen to “Kinkamache” off 1975’s Unfinished Masterpiece (another apropos title) to recognize Palmieri’s sun-kissed brilliance on the ivories. by Kyle Fleck