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Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929/2006)
Happy Birthday Everybody (Latino con Soul) label: Fania

Awards:
Voted Conga Player Of The Year in 1975, 1976, and 1980.
Won the ACE (Hispanic Association of Entertainment Critics of New York)
Award for best Salsa album in 1983.
Grammy for Ritmo En El Corazon(Fania) in 1990
Inducted into the Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1999

Background:
Growing up in New York City, Latin jazz artist Ray Barretto soaked up a mixture of Puerto Rican and New York culture. His parents had moved from Puerto Rico in search of a better life, as had many other families living in East Harlem. Barretto developed a love for jazz as a child, listening to swing bands on the radio. By the time he was a teenager, bebop had begun to replace swing and bebop musicians such as Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker were incorporating Latin rhythms into their music. When Barretto heard "Manteca" performed by Dizzy and Cuban conguero Chano Pozo, he was hooked.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Latino con Soul
• FANIA