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