Ray Barretto and New World Spirit - Contact!

Ray Barretto (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was a Grammy Award-winning Puerto Rican jazz musician,
widely credited as the godfather of Latin jazz.

Early years
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Barretto (whose surname is really "Barreto"; a mistake at the time Ray's birth certificate was filed gave
his last name its formal spelling) was born in New York City of Puerto Rican descent. His parents moved to
New York from Puerto Rico in the early 1920s, looking for a better life. He was raised in Spanish Harlem and
at a very young age was influenced by his mother's love of music and by the jazz music of musicians such as
Duke Ellington and Count Basie.

In 1946, when Barretto was 17 years old, he joined the Army. While stationed in Germany, Barretto met Belgium
vibist Fats Sadi, who was working there. However, it was when he heard Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca" with Cuban
percussionist, Chano Pozo, that he realized his true calling in life.

Barretto plays for Charlie Parker
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In 1949, when Barretto returned home from military service, he started to visit clubs and participated in
jam sessions, where he perfected his conga playing. On one occasion Charlie Parker heard Barretto play and
invited him to play in his band. Later, he was asked to play for Jose Curbelo and Tito Puente, for whom he played
for four years. Barretto developed a unique style of playing the conga and soon he was sought by other jazz band
leaders. Latin percussionists started to appear in jazz groups with frequency as a consequence of Barretto's musical
influence.

Success with "El Watusi"
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In 1960, Barretto was a house musician for the Prestige, Blue Note, and Riverside labels. New York had become the
center of Latin music in the United States and a style called "Charanga" was the Latin music craze of the time.

In 1961, Barretto recorded his first hit, "El Watusi", the first Latin song to enter in April 1963 the Billboard
charts. He was quite successful with the song and the genre, to the point of being type casted
(something that he disliked). In 1967, he joined the Fania record label where he recorded the 1968 album Acid,
an experiment joining rhythm and blues with Latin music. Just as his salsa group attained a remarkable following
most of its members left it to form Tipica 73, a multinational salsa conglomerate. This left Barretto depressed and
disappointed with salsa; he then redirected his efforts into Latin jazz, while remaining as musical director of the
Fania All Stars. Acid contained the song "Deeper Shade of Soul", which was sampled for the 1991 Billboard Hot 100
#21 hit of the same name by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad.

Barretto played the conga in recording sessions for the Rolling Stones and the Bee Gees. In 1975 he was nominated
for a Grammy Award for the song "Barretto". From 1976 to 1978, Barretto recorded three records for Atlantic Records,
and was nominated for a Grammy for Barretto Live…Tomorrow. In 1979, he recorded La Cuna for CTI records, and
produced a salsa record for Fania, titled Ricanstruction, which was named 1980 "Best Album" by Latin N.Y. Magazine,
with Barretto crowned as Conga Player of the Year.

Later years
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In 1990, Barretto finally won a Grammy for the album Ritmo en el Corazon ("Rhythm in the Heart"), which featured the
vocals of Celia Cruz. In 1999, Barretto was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame.

Barretto lived in New York and was an active musical producer, as well as the leader of a touring band which has embarked
in tours of the United States, Europe, Israel and Latin America.

Death
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Barreto died on February 17, 2006 at the Hackensack University Hospital of heart failure and multiple health complications.
His body was flown to Puerto Rico, where Barretto was given formal honors by the Institute of Puerto Rican Culture;
his remains were eventually cremated.

for more, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Barretto

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