Ray Barretto

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Ray Barretto

Ray Barretto (* 29. April 1929 in Brooklyn , New York City ; † 17th February 2006 in Hackensack , New Jersey ) was an American jazz musician ( percussionist ) of Latin Jazz , a mix of jazz and Latin music , with a special preference for salsa .

Life

Barretto was a son of Puerto Rican immigrants. He grew up in "Spanish Harlem " in New York City, where he made his first acquaintance with Puerto Rican music , as well as the jazz music of Duke Ellington , Count Basie and Benny Goodman .

In 1946 he enlisted in the US Army and was stationed in Germany and Belgium , where he came into contact with jazz. After his return in 1949 he became known as an instrumentalist , especially for his conga playing . In the early 1950s he played with Eddie Bonnemere ; in the band of Tito Puente he replaced Mongo Santamaría . He then worked as a percussionist for Lou Donaldson , Gene Ammons , Cannonball Adderley , Freddie Hubbard , Joe Zawinul and Dizzy Gillespie .

In the 1970s he not only played with his own band, but also with the Fania Allstars ; In 1992 he founded the Latin jazz sextet New World Spirit .

In 1963 his composition El Watusi , which was initially published on the album Charanga moderna , reached number 17 on the pop charts. In 1989 he received a Grammy for the song "Ritmo en el Corazon", interpreted by the Cuban salsa singer Celia Cruz .

Barretto had undergone heart bypass surgery in January 2006 and died of pneumonia. He leaves behind his wife and two sons. One of them is Christopher Barretto , who is himself a professional singer and saxophonist.

Awards

Discographic notes

Albums under your own name

  • Acid (Fania, 1968)
  • Together (Fania, 1970)
  • The Message (Fania, 1972)
  • The Other Road (Fania, 1973)
  • Tomorrow: Barretto Live (Atlantic / Messidor, 1976)
  • Rican / Struction (Fania, 1979)

With New World Spirit

  • Ancestral Messages (Concord Picante, 1992)
  • Taboo (Concord Picante, 1994)
  • My Summertime (Owl, 1995)
  • Contact! (Blue Note, 1997)
  • Portraits in Jazz and Clave (RCA, 2000)
  • Trancedance (Circular Moves, 2001)
  • Homage to Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers (Sunnyside, 2003)
  • Time Was - Time Is (O + Music, 2005)

Web links

Commons : Ray Barretto  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolf Kampmann (ed.), With the assistance of Ekkehard Jost : Reclams Jazzlexikon . Reclam, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-15-010528-5 .
  2. ↑ Saluting a Man Who Lent His Rhythms to Latin Life New York Times , February 23, 2006
  3. ↑ Triptikon: Ray Barretto: Acid of 6 October 2018th
personal data
SURNAME Barretto, Ray
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American jazz musician
DATE OF BIRTH April 29, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 2006
Place of death Hackensack , New Jersey