 Ray Barretto at UC Berkeley Jazz Festival 1982. Photo: Brian McMillen / brianmcmillen@hotmail.com Image by Brianmcmillen, via Wikimedia Commons. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 |
The Barretto Ray OrchestraRay Barretto Ray Barretto Puerto Rican jazz musician (1929–2006) Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent.[2] Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz. His first hit, "El Watusi", was recorded by his Charanga Moderna in 1962, becoming the most successful pachanga song in the United States. In the late 1960s, Barretto became one of the leading exponents of boogaloo and what would later be known as salsa. Nonetheless, many of Barretto's recordings would remain rooted in more traditional genres such as son cubano. A master of the descarga (improvised jam session), Barretto was… (Source: Wikipedia)
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