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Learn about Ray Barretto, a pioneer of Latin jazz and salsa who played conga, drums and percussion. Explore his life, career, influences and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
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,...
Learn about Ray Barretto, a pioneer of Latin jazz and boogaloo music who played the congas with Tito Puente and Fania All-Stars. Explore his biography, discography, and objects at the National Museum of African American History and Culture.
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...
Making the transition from the ghettos of New York Latin barrios to the heights of the music world requires enormous character. Such is the case of Ray Barretto.
Feb 17, 2006 · Learn about the life and career of Ray Barretto, the most widely recorded conguero in jazz, who played with Tito Puente, Dizzy Gillespie, and many others. He won a Grammy Award, a Jazz Journalists Association prize, and was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.
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Feb 23, 2006 · Dozens of Puerto Rican men arrived well before noon yesterday outside a Manhattan funeral home for the wake of the Latin percussionist and bandleader Ray Barretto, who died on Friday at age 76.
