Ray Barretto (1929 -2006)
The world of music lost one of its greats today. Ray Barretto died today in a New Jersey hospital. He had had two heart surgeries within the last month. For nearly 40 years, conguero and bandleader Ray Barretto was one of the leading forces in Latin jazz. In 1957 he replaced Mongo Santamaria in Tito Puente's band and performed with them for four years. He performed and recorded with many jazz greats, such as Max Roach, Charlie Parker, Art Blakey, Cannonball Adderley , Freddie Hubbard, Cal Tjader, Dizzy Gillespie, and others.
This makes me sad.
Labels: congas, music, obit, percussion
posted by Elizabeth at 10:18 PM
2 Comments:
Extremely interesting.
At least the music lives on forever, and everyone can celebrate that.
I just ordered the Fania All Stars album, Live At Yankee Stadium, Vol. 2. It has an awesome track called Congo Bongo, where Ray and Mongo Santamaria both go at it on the congas. Apocalyptic!
And last night I talked to Freddie Hubbard on the phone. Oh, my God! I can't believe that happened. He lives in California and is a close friend of a musician friend of mine.
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