Search results
Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz.
Apr 29, 2024 · Released in 1970, Ray Barretto’s ‘Barretto Power’ is a masterpiece that seamlessly blends progressive and traditional Latin music.
Feb 18, 2006 · Musician Ray Barretto has died at the age of 76. The musician straddled the worlds of jazz and Latin music in a career that spanned almost six decades. Barretto was known for his...
Feb 18, 2006 · Ray Barretto, a percussionist who helped define the role of the conga drum in jazz and became an influential figure in both jazz and Latin music during a career spanning more than...
Feb 17, 2006 · Ray Barretto. Conguero who ranks among the greatest, most influential percussionists of all time, helping bring Latin rhythms into the jazz mainstream. Read Full Biography.
The musical legacy of Ray Barretto included a Best Latin Album Grammy in 1989 for “Ritmo en el corazón,” which he recorded with Celia Cruz.
Feb 18, 2006 · Ray Barretto, the towering Puerto Rican percussionist who straddled the occasionally conflicting worlds of salsa and Latin jazz during a career that spanned more than half a century, died...
Ray Barretto (1929–2006) was a Puerto Rican American conguero and band leader. The son of Puerto Rican parents, Ray Barretto was born in 1929 in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in East Harlem and the Bronx.
Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz.
Sep 16, 2003 · At 74, he's a reigning ambassador of Latin jazz, and percussionist Ray Barretto is still going strong. NPR's Felix Contreras profiles the artist. Hear clips of the song that...
