Eddie Palmieri, the pioneering rumba and Latin jazz musician, has died at 88.

Brazilian composer and pianist João Donato, who helped lay the groundwork for bossa nova but defied confinement to any single genre, has died at the age of 88.

“Take no prisoners — peacefully,” Carlos Santana sometimes tells his bandmates before taking the stage.

Over the last decade, the Lehman Center for the Performing Arts has served the Latino population in the Bronx by hosting stars including José Feliciano, Gilberto Santa Rosa and La India, while attracting a wider audience with acts like Patti LaBelle and Smokey Robinson.