Ray Barretto
Conguero
Fecha de nacimiento: 29 de abril de 1929
Died February 17, 2006
Lugar: Nueva York, EEUU
Barretto was born on 29
April 1929, in the Brooklyn borough of New York City, of Puerto Rican parents.
Noted for his many years as a prominent Latin bandleader, his music career
actually began as a studio performer on the conga for jazz recording sessions.
He was raised in the Latin ghettos of East Harlem and the Bronx, in an environment filled with music of Puerto Rico but with a love for the swing bands of Ellington, Basie and Goodman. He escaped the ghetto by joining the United States Army when he was 17 years old, but he did not escape the music.
Influenced by a record of Dizzy Gillespie, "Manteca", with conguero Chano Pozo. He was hooked and he knew then that his calling was was to become a professional musician. Barretto sat in on jam sessions held at the Orlando, a GI jazz club in Munich, Germany. After military service in 1949, he returned to Harlem and taught himself how to play the drums.
Ray Barretto Passed Away, Fri
Feb 17, 2006
Services to be held:
LOCATION: Riverside Chapel
ADDRESS: 180 West 76th Street, Bet Amsterdam & 76th St.
DATE: Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006
TIME: 11:00am-5:00pm and 6:00pm -10:00pm
Band leader, percussionist, NEA Jazz Master & Grammy Award winner Ray
Barretto will be viewed at the Riverside Memorial Chapel on
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 from 11 - 5 p.m. and 6 - 10 p.m. located
at 180 West 76th Street, New York. Barretto died at the Hackensack
University Medical Center in Hackensack, N.J. at 5 a.m on Friday,
February 17th, 2006. Ray Barretto is survived by his wife Annette
Rivera, his four children: Chris, Raun, Ray, & Kelly Barretto and
four grandchildren: Jullian Barretto, Aja Peters, Arno Peters and
Alex Peters. Information on funeral arrangements will be available
tomorrow morning.
Ray Barreto's discography
Pachanga with Barretto; Riverside RLP-97506; 1961 (Barretto
Para Bailar; RS-93531)
Latino!; Riverside RLP-93520; 1962
Charanga Moderna; Tico SLP-1087; 1962
On Fire Again; Tico SLP-1096; 1963
The Big Hits Latin Style; Tico SLP-1099; 1963
La Moderna de Siempre; Tico SLP-1102; 1963
Guajira y Guaguanco; Tico SLP-1114; 1964
Viva Watusi!; United Artists UAS-6445; 1965
Señor 007; United Artists UAS-6478; 1966 (rare)
El "Ray" Criollo; United Artists UAS-6543; 1967
Latino Con Soul; United Artists UAS-6593; 1967
Acid; Fania SLP-346; 1967 (credit also Pete Bonet)
Hard Hands; Fania SLP-362; 1968 (credit also Pete Bonet)
Togeth
er; Fania SLP-378; 1969
Head Sounds; Fania SLP-388; 1970 (compilation)
Power; Fania SLP-391; 1970
The Message; Fania SLP-403; 1971
From the Beginning; Fania SLP-410; 1972 (compilation)
Que Viva la Musica; Fania SLP-427; 1972 (Latin/Latin jazz)
The Other Road; Fania SLP-448; 1973 (Latin jazz)
Indestructible; Fania SLP-456; 1973
Energy To Burn
Eye of the Beholder; 1976
La Cuna; CTI; 1981 (w/Tito Puente, Charlie Palmieri, Steve Gadd, John Tropea,
Carlos Franzetti, Willie Torres)
Aqui Se Puede; Fania JM-642; 1987
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