Ray Barretto
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Biography
[Edit]While Ray Barretto's congas have graced more recording sessions than virtually any other conguero of his time, he has also led some refreshingly progressive Latin jazz bands over the decades. His records often have a more tense, more adventurously eclectic edge than those of most conventional salsa groups, unafraid to use electronics and novel instrumental or structural combinations, driven hard by his rocksteady, endlessly flexible percussion work. This no doubt reflects Barretto's wide range of musical interests and also the fact that he came to Latin music from jazz, rather than the usual vice versa route for Latin-descended musicians. Indeed, he has said that he learned how to play swing-style before he came to master Latin grooves. Puerto Rican by extraction, Barretto took up the congas while stationed in Germany during an Army hitch. He began working with American jazz musicians upon his return to New York, eventually replacing Mongo Santamaria in the Tito Puente band for four years, beginning in the late '50s. Barretto made his debut as a leader for Riverside in 1962 and scored a crossover hit (number 17 on the pop charts) the following year on Tico with "El Watusi" (in tandem with a dance craze of the time). He tried to modernize the charanga sound with injections of brass, covering rock and pop tunes of the time as several Latin artists did then. However, Barretto made his main mark in the '60s as a super session player, playing on albums by Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Lou Donaldson, Red Garland, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Cal Tjader, and several other jazz and pop albums. In moving over to the Fania label in 1967, Barretto began to achieve recognition as one of the leading Latin jazz artists of the day, eventually becoming music director of the Fania All-Stars. In the '70s, he was incorporating rock and funk influences into his music — with only limited success — while recording for Atlantic, and in 1981, he made a highly regarded album for CTI La Cuna, with Puente, Joe Farrell, and Charlie Palmieri as guest players. He became music director of the Bravisimo television program and took part in the multi-idiom, all-star, anti-apartheid Sun City recording and video in 1985. In 1992, he unveiled a new Latin jazz sextet, New World Spirit, which made some absorbingly unpredictable albums for Concord Picante. ~ Richard S. Ginell, Rovi
Collections
Title: Armada Fania N.Y.C. 2014 At Summerstage
Genre: Latin
Title: Armada Fania
Title: The 50 Best Latin Jazz Songs Ever
Genre: Latin
Title: Pop Goes Jazz 3
Genre: Jazz
Title: The No. 1 Latin Jazz Album Ever!
Genre: Latin
Title: Greatest Latin Jazz & Dance Classics
Genre: World Music
Title: 100 Latin Classics! Samba, Mambo, Cha Cha & More
Genre: Latin
Title: Salsa - A Musical History
Title: La Rockola Salsa, Vol. 2
Title: Hard Salsa
Title: Salsa De La Buena, Vol. 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Hammock House Myrtle & Wyckoff
Genre: Latin
Title: Tesoros del verano
Genre: Latin
Title: 50 Best Jazz
Genre: Jazz
Title: Latin Selection 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Salsa Sensations
Title: Havana Salsa
Genre: World Music
Title: Latin DJ All Stars
Title: Jazz Moods: Cha Cha Party
Title: Con Nombre de Mujer
Genre: Pop
Title: Canciones con Nombre de Mujer
Genre: Pop
Title: Tu Musi-k Salsa Dura, Vol. 2
Genre: Latin
Title: Salsa Brava, Vol. 1
Genre: Latin
Title: Latin Lounge Jazz Harlem
Genre: Electronica
Title: El Barrio: Gangsters, Latin Soul and the Birth of Salsa
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Latin
Title: La Gloria del Cha Cha Cha
Title: Back On The Streets Of Spanish Harlem
Genre: Latin
Title: From Samba to Bomba!
Title: Salsa Nights, Vol. 2
Title: Armada Fania
Title: Los Bravos Del Ritmo
Genre: Latin
Title: Salsa Brava, Vol. 5
Genre: Salsa, World Music, Latin
Title: Just Salsa
Genre: Latin
Title: 40 Valentine's Love Songs
Genre: World Music
Title: Salsa Sensations
Genre: Latin
Title: 40 Canciones de Amor
Genre: World Music
Title: Canciones Con Nombre de Mujer
Genre: Latin
Title: Sounds From The Spanish Harlem
Genre: Latin
Title: Latin Lounge Jazz - Havana
Title: 100% Global Hits Salsa
Genre: Latin
Title: The Bad Boogaloo
Title: Salsa Party Vol. 2
Genre: Latin
Featuring albums
Title: JFK (Music from the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: John Williams
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Ritmo de la Noche/Rhythm Of The Night - The Very Best Of Latin Jazz
Artist: Various
Genre: Jazz
Title: Salsa Explosion:The Sound of Fania Records
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Salsa, World Music, Latin
Title: Carlito's Way: Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Genre: Electronica, Dancefloor
Title: Carlito's Way (Music from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Absolute Collection (Deluxe Edition) (CD2)
Artist: Celia Cruz
Genre: Salsa, World Music, Latin
Title: Guaguancó Margarito - Guajira Y Tambó / Guaguanco Margarito - Guajira Y Tambo
Artist: Tito Puente
Genre: Latin
Title: Calentura: Toque (Captain Planet Remixes)
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Fania Records 1964-1980/The Original Sound Of Latin New York
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Latin