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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 · April 29, 2024. By. Julyssa Lopez. Cover: Courtesy of Fania Records. “Oye La Noticia,” the explosive opener from Ray Barretto ’s 1970 album Barretto Power, starts with the low rumble of conga...
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 50 years,...
Apr 29, 2013 · Conguero who ranks among the greatest, most influential percussionists of all time, helping bring Latin rhythms into the jazz mainstream. Read Full Biography. STREAM OR BUY: Active. 1940s - 2000s. Born. April 29, 1929 in Brooklyn, NY. Died. February 17, 2006 in Hackensack, NJ. Genre. Latin, Jazz, Electronic. Styles.
Feb 18, 2006 · Feb. 18, 2006 12 AM PT. Times Staff Writer. Ray Barretto, the towering Puerto Rican percussionist who straddled the occasionally conflicting worlds of salsa and Latin jazz during a career that...
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.
May 8, 2018 · Ray Barretto. Percussionist, bandleader, clarinetist. For the Record … Selected discography. Sources. Aleading force in contemporary Latin music for more than four decades, percussionist/bandleader Ray Barretto has helped define and popularize salsa, the distinctive blend of traditional Latin dance music and American jazz.
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