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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.
Barretto is best-known as a distinguished bandleader and for integrating the conga drum into popular music. His prolific solo career produced more than 50 albums. In 1999, Barretto was inducted into the Latin Music Hall of Fame and he was voted Jazz Percussionist of 2004. He passed away in 2006 at the age of 76.
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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...
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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,...
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.
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...
May 8, 2018 · 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.
