Ray Barretto

Genre: Latin & World Jazz
Hometown: Brooklyn

About

Mr. Hardhands himself, Barretto is perhaps the most prolific conga player ever, helping to make the instrument a needed tool for the jazz ensemble's arsenal. As an accompanist, Barretto forges the most solid grooves, repeating a hard-slapping pattern over and over with the utmost rhythmic perfection -- but given a chance to fill or solo, he introduces exciting new rhythms and syncopation to fire up a track. His session work includes dates with Wes Montgomery, Herbie Hancock, Dizzy Gillespie and Cannonball Adderley, among many others. He's also in top form as a Latin player -- for a while he led the masterful Salsa of Fania All-Stars, injecting rock and soul elements. This might be what makes him so special: Barretto is never afraid to draw on eclectic sources. In a sense, he has always been the one to make the unconventional the norm.

- Jessy Terry

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		Oye La Noticia (5:27)
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		Watusi (2:40)
		El Watusi (2:39)
		Sister Sadie (4:45)
		Indestructible (8:31)
		Bomba-Riquen (4:01)
		What's Goin' On (5:13)
		La Pelota (4:16)
		El Hijo De Obatala (5:04)
		Barretto En La Tumbadora (3:06)
		Renewal (6:43)
		Noise In The Attic (5:24)
		Search For Vulcan (2:37)
		Pastime Paradise (8:38)
		I Mean You (6:40)
		A Deeper Shade Of Soul (2:48)

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		Ancestral Messages (5:55)
		Aqua Blue (5:22)
		Bomba-Riquen (4:03)
		Descarge La Moderna (4:28)
		Doloroso (5:51)
		Gabriela (5:16)
		Guaji-Rita (5:45)
		Lamento Borincano (7:15)
		Manteca (8:07)
		Montuno Blue (6:05)
		La Cuna (5:30)
		Work Song (6:08)
		Descarga Criolla (4:20)
		Cocinando (5:09)
		What's Goin' On (5:13)