Luis Diaz Quintet

This live music service specializes in delivering professional entertainment for events. Powerhouse acoustic jazz with a strong Latin component, the band is clearly inspired by Eddie Palmieri (there’s even a tune called “Palmieri’s Mood” featuring his cohort Brian Lynch) but is far from derivative. Pianist Rick Germanson shows extraordinary invention and range, pounding the keys into oblivion on the swinging numbers (title track), but playing tenderly on the jazz standard “When I Fall In Love”;