Although both of his parents were full-blooded Puerto Ricans, Ray Barretto was as American as they come. Born in Brooklyn, by the age of seven he had already resided in that borough, as well as ...

Few would argue that a prime place to start in a new or renewed appreciation of Ray Barretto would have to be 1972’s Que Viva La Music, with Craft’s recent 50th Anniversary edition pushing all the ...

Brooklyn’s scuffed beauties Twin Shadow plucked a flagship track by Bronx salsa trailblazer Ray Barretto for a full-bore Chicago house seance. One of the best things about this remix is that Twin ...

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The family of Ray Barretto, a Grammy-winning Latin jazz percussionist who died last week at age 76, has established a foundation in his honor to help musicians without medical or life insurance, ...

Latin jazz percussion legend Ray Barretto, who will turn 75 next month, casually flipped the script at the Kennedy Center's Terrace Theater on Friday night. Billed as a homage to drummer Art Blakey, ...

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Ray Barretto was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican ancestry. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz.