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Ray Barretto

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Born
29 April 1929
Born In
Harlem, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States
Died
17 February 2006 (aged 76)
Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was a Grammy Award-winning Latin/Latin jazz musician of Puerto Rican ancestry. Ray Barretto, a percussionist extraordinaire and legend in the Salsa & latin Jazz music community has left the music scene with his death in February 2006 at age 76. Born of Puerto Rican descendence in Brooklyn during the depression, he lived with his mother in East Harlem, The South Bronx and other "boricua" districts before he joined the army, where in the latter 1940's he heard Dizzy Gillespie's hard bebop. The young man was tra… read more
Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was a Grammy Award-winning Latin/Latin jazz musician of Puerto Rican ancestry. Ray Barretto, a percussionist extraordinaire and legend in the Salsa & latin Jazz music community has left the music scene with his death in February 2006 at ag… read more
Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was a Grammy Award-winning Latin/Latin jazz musician of Puerto Rican ancestry. Ray Barretto, a percussionist extraordinaire and legend in the Salsa & latin Jazz music community has left the music scene with his death in February 2006 at age 76. Born of Puerto Rican descendence in Brooklyn during the depressio… read more

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1 Play track A Man & His Music - The Essential Ray Barretto El Watusi
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2 Play track Acid Acid
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3 Play track Descarga Criolla Margie
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4 Play track Carnaval Summertime
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7 El Nuevo Barretto - Remastered 2024 El Nuevo Barretto - Remastered 2024
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8 Play track Acid A Deeper Shade Of Soul
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9 Play track La Cuna Pastime Paradise
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10 Play track Indestructible El Diablo
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