Few would argue that a prime place to start in a new or renewed appreciation of Ray Barretto would have to be 1972’s Que Viva La Music, with Craft’s recent 50th Anniversary edition pushing all the ...
Well-known in jazz circles for his early work as a ubiquitous sideman with the likes of Gene Ammons, Kenny Burrell, Lou Donaldson and Red Garland and for fronting his own world class Latin jazz ...
At a time when the term “Latin jazz” has become inclusive enough to embrace everything from salsa to son, from stirring dance rhythms to call-and-response vocals, it’s always a pleasure to hear the ...
Cali (Colombia), 21 sep (EFE).Cali (Colombia), 21 sep (EFE). — El salsero puertorriqueño Adalberto Santiago destaca de su carrera la relación con el percusionista Ray Barretto (19292006), de la que ...
From the archives, we pay tribute to three legendary conga players, Mongo Santamaria, Carlos “Patato” Valdez, and Ray Barreto. All three musicians have passed away, but their musical styles continue ...
Standing backstage on Friday night during the fifth annual West Coast Salsa Congress at the Hollywood Park Casino, 74-year-old Ray Barretto looked like a gentle, unassuming grandfather figure. And yet ...
Legendary percussionist and bandleader Ray Barretto, one of the leading figures of the Latin jazz movement that exploded in New York in the late 1940s, died Feb. 17 in Hackensack, N.J. He was 76. By ...
PERCUSSIONIST and bandleader Ray Barretto, one of the pioneers of both the Latin jazz and salsa movements, died yesterday morning in a New Jersey hospital. He was 76. Family spokesman George Rivera ...
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