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Ray Barretto

Real Name:

Raymundo Barretto Pagán

Profile:

American conga player, drummer, percussionist, bandleader, composer and producer. Father of Ray Barretto Jnr.
Member of Tito Puente's orchestra from 1957 to 1960, he formed his own orchestra in 1961. Highly demanded session musician for labels like Prestige, Blue Note, Riverside and Columbia and member of Fania All Stars.
Inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

Born 29 April 1929 in New York City, New York
Died 17 February 2006 in Hackensack, New Jersey.

Sites:

web.archive.org , Wikipedia , Bandcamp , adp.library.ucsb.edu

Aliases:

Cleopas "Mopedido" Morris

In Groups:

Art Farmer And His Orchestra, Artists United Against Apartheid, Cannonball Adderley And His Orchestra, Fania All Stars, Lou Donaldson Quintet, Oliver Nelson And His Orchestra, Quincy Jones And His Orchestra, Ray Barretto & New World Spirit, Ray Barretto Charanga Band, Ray Barretto Group, Ray Barretto Sextet, Ray Barretto Y Su Charanga Moderna, Ray Barretto Y Su Orquestra, The Al Grey - Billy Mitchell Sextet, The Blackout Allstars, The Herbie Mann Afro-Jazz Sextet + Four Trumpets, The Herbie Mann Nonet, The Ray Bryant Combo, Tito Puente And His Orchestra, Various Artists For Children's Promise

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