Barretto [Import]

1. Guararé

2. Vine Pa' Echar Candela

3. Eso Es Amar

4. Ban Ban Quere

5. Vale Mas un Guaguance

6. Testigo Fui

7. Presupuesto

8. Canto Abacua

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Average customer rating:

Acid Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hard Hands Rican/Struction Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound, Vol. 5 Crime Pays Vamonos Pa'l Monte ASIN: B000EMGJXQ Release Date: 2006-03-14

Tracks:

1. Nuevo Barretto
2. Mercy, Mercy, Baby
3. Acid
4. Deeper Shade of Soul
5. Soul Drummers
6. Sola Te Dejare
7. Teacher of Love
8. Espiritu Libre

Average customer rating: I remember Barretto (The Acid Conga) player!

Best of Ray Barretto Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Charly UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Soul-Jazz & Boogaloo | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Best of Fania All-Stars Gold Que Pasa: The Best of the Fania All Stars Time Was - Time Is The Best of Willie Colon ASIN: B00020QYXK Release Date: 2004-05-24

Tracks:

1. Soul Drummer - Ray Barretto
2. Fuerza Gigante - Ray Barretto
3. Night in Tunisia - Ray Barretto
4. Al Ver Sus Campos - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
5. Oye la Noticia - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
6. Hard Hands - Ray Barretto
7. Quitate la Mascara - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
8. Hijo de Obatal Ray Barretto, Celia Cruz, Adalberto Santiago
9. Cana y la Plantacion - Ray Barretto
10. Acid - Ray Barretto
11. Adelante Siempre Voy - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
12. Watusi - Ray Barretto
13. Arallue - Ray Barretto
14. Ejes de Mi Carretta - Ray Barretto
15. Flor de los Lindos Campos - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago

Tracks:

1. Indestructible - Tito Allen, Ray Barretto
2. Rhythm of Life - Ray Barretto
3. Tuyo y lo Mio - Ray Barretto
4. Granada - Ray Barretto
5. Mareados - Ray Barretto
6. Boogaloo Con Soul - Ray Barretto
7. Prestame Tu Mujer - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
8. Mirame de Frente - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
9. Llantto de Crocodrilo - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
10. Right On - Ray Barretto
11. Que Bonita Es Mi Tierra - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
12. Dia Sere Feliz - Ray Barretto
13. Piensa en Mi - Ray Barretto
14. Ya Vez - Ray Barretto, Adalberto Santiago
15. Mi Dedication - Ray Barretto

Customer Reviews:

I remember Barretto (The Acid Conga) player!.......2006-03-30

I personally do not consider this CD his best. He has other albums with better music. Barretto ranks as one of my favorite conga players. On this CD he does not have many conga solos but, the songs are very good. He was one of the first New York Ricans to interpret the Afro-Cuban music in New York, with the hit "El Watusi". To me my favorite albums from him are "Que Viva La Musica" and "Acid/Head Sounds". I still remember him doing a conga duel with Mongo at the Yankee Stadium during the Fania All Stars concert, it was difficult for the crowd to take sides between him and Mongo, these guys really put up a great show that night. The concert had to be cancelled do to an uncontrolled fight between the fans. I also remember him when he came to Miami (1977) to play with Fania All Stars at The Miami Beach Convention Center. The place was packed, and all the Miami Beach residents (Elderly Jews) were amazed at the enormous young Latin crowd. I had a good time seen all my favorite Latin celebrities on stage for the first time. It was a sad day for me when I was informed by my Puerto Rican friends of his recent death. Another good conguero leaves us. +Ray Barretto+ R.I.P

Average customer rating:

The Message Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music ASIN: B000ROAKPO Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

1. Se Traba
2. Con el Cimarron
3. Alma Con Alma
4. Flor de Los Lindos Campos
5. Arrepiete
6. Te Traigo Mi Son
7. O Elefante
8. Seguire Sin So

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Indestructible Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rican/Struction Crime Pays El Gigante del Teclado Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound, Vol. 5 A Que Viva La Musica ASIN: B000ETRCIK Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

1. Hijo de Obatal
2. Diablo
3. Yo Tengo un Amor
4. Familia
5. Orquesta
6. Llanto de Cocodrilo
7. Ay No
8. Indestructible

Average customer rating: An all-time classic. Ray and Adalberto at their vey best!!! el disco de la salsa!!!!!! AlbertoEgoavil(Lima-Peru)

Rican/Struction Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Indestructible Acid Lo Mato Gold Lucky 7 ASIN: B000FDEUVC Release Date: 2006-05-23

Tracks:

1. Al Ver Sus Campos
2. DSere Fel
3. Piensa en Mi
4. Ya Vez
5. Adelante Siempre Voy
6. Algo Nuevo
7. Tumbao Africano

Customer Reviews:

An all-time classic. Ray and Adalberto at their vey best!!!.......2006-10-03

No serious salsero should be without this CD as it's simply and undeniably an undisputed all-time classic. This album brought together all of the elements that made the previous Barretto/Santiago collaborations so special but added two very jazzy and experimental numbers ("Algo Nuevo" and "Tumbao Africano"). The great Adalberto Santiago's vocals are glorious and beyond any reproach whatsoever on such immortal masterpieces as "Ya Ves", "Al Ver Sus Campos" and "Algun Dia Sere Feliz". Almost 30 years after its original release this album remains as important and enjoyable as back then and...it's a MUST for your CD collection.

el disco de la salsa!!!!!! AlbertoEgoavil(Lima-Peru).......2006-09-30

Compre en 1979 este disco en LP. Al principio era extrano para miun disco de ese tipo ya quela salsa de NY estaba decayendo y se escuchaba mas la de venezuela o Colombia, pero luego entendi el mensaje: Ray siempre estaba un paso adelante,la salsa ya habia dado todo de si,y esos temas furiosos y con muchos arreglos jazzisticos significaban un aviso de resurgimiento ("reconstruccion"), era salsa de Nueva York!!!,sonido de calle con mucho sabor y sobretodo lo que le apasionaba a Ray: JAZZ. A lo largo de su estadia en Fania, sus discos suenan asi, acordes complejos para el comun del bailador salsero.Ni hablar de Adalberto Santiago, su voz esta intacta ,aun en los dos ultimos conciertos del Carnegie Hall donde los vi el 2003 y 2005.
Este disco refleja la cumbre de la musica y del movimiento llamado Salsa!!,luego de ello ya no hay mas, Se podra hacer mas Latin Jazz pero en Salsa, comenzo la decadencia.

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Hard Hands Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Acid Rican/Struction Roberto Roena y su Apollo Sound, Vol. 5 Barretto Power Riot! ASIN: B000FZET84 Release Date: 2006-07-18

Tracks:

1. Hard Hands
2. Abidjan
3. Love Beads
4. Mi Ritmo Te Llama
5. Got to Have You
6. Son Con Cuero
7. Mme de Frente
8. New York Soul
9. Ahora Si

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Hot Hands Ray Barretto & New World Spirit Manufacturer: Concord Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cuba | Caribbean & Cuba | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Acid! Listen Here! Trancedance Contact! Best of Ray Barretto ASIN: B0000C2391 Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. New World Spirit
2. Song For Chano
3. Freedom Jazz Dance
4. On A Sunday Afternoon
5. Beautiful Love
6. Killer Joe
7. Aqua Blue (Pour Etienne Et Mario)
8. Gabriela
9. My Latin New York
10. Ancestral Messages

Tracks:

1. Taboo
2. Bomba-Riquen
3. Work Song
4. Cancion De'l Yunque (Song For The Rain Forest)
5. Guaji-Rita
6. 99 Macdougal St.
7. Montuno Blue
8. Brother Tom
9. Lazy Afternoon
10. Effendi

Average customer rating:

Together Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lo Último en La Avenida Guisando Lo Mato Commitment Crime Pays ASIN: B000LW7UVY Release Date: 2007-01-30

Tracks:

1. Together
2. Adiviname y Olividate
3. Hipocrecy Falsedad
4. No Olvido a Caracas
5. De Donde Vengo
6. Vive y Vacila
7. Invitacil Son
8. Tin Tin Deo

Average customer rating: The Man Who Could Create Latin Jazz

Standards Rican-ditioned Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Zoho Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Rumba Buhaina - The Music of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Time Was - Time Is Mosaic Codes Rumba Palace ASIN: B000GETWAO Release Date: 2006-08-08

Tracks:

1. Lean On Me
2. Trav'lin' Light
3. Ivy
4. Suddenly It's Spring
5. I Had The Craziest Dream
6. Something To Live For
7. Baby, Baby All The Time
8. Brandy's Blues
9. Strange Music

Album Description

"Undeniably one of the world's greatest percussionists. An American jazz legend. A latin music classic. A driving force in that New York Puerto Rican musical hurricane." - MIAMI HERALD

"[Straddling] the worlds of jazz and Latin music in a career that spanned almost six decades ... Barretto was known for his fearless experimentation with Latin, jazz, and rhythm and blues, and for helping popularize salsa music." - NPR.org

"Barretto has spent over four decades refining the integration of Afro-Caribbean rhythms with the improvisational elements of jazz. Few artists have been as successful over the years at fusing these two genres as Barretto, an undisputed master." - DRUMMER WORLD

Standards Rican-ditioned is the last recording of legendary Puerto Rican percussionist Ray Barretto, who passed away unexpectedly on February 17, 2006. Barretto recorded Standards with an all-star ensemble of top Puerto Rican musicians in December 2005 in a fifties Blue Note-style straight-ahead blowing session, playing classic jazz standards. The band Barretto assembled for this recording features Hilton Ruiz on piano, David Sanchez on tenor sax, Papo Vazquez on trombone, John Benitez on bass, Adam Cruz on drums, and the reecording debut of Barretto's twenty-year-old son Chris Barretto on alto sax. This session was also one of the last by legendary pianist Hilton Ruiz, who passed away in June from injuries he received in an accident during a visit to New Orleans. Ray Barretto completed and approved the mixes for all but the last track, "Strange Music." Chris Barretto plays conga on this tune, and oversaw the final mixing and mastering of the recording. Standards Rican-ditioned stands as the last milestone in Ray Barretto's rich five-decade recording career, covering Latin jazz, straight-ahead jazz, and salsa in a unique Puerto Rican all-star format.

Customer Reviews:

The Man Who Could Create Latin Jazz.......2006-10-06

Ray Barretto my no longer be with us (he died shortly after this album was cut in December 2005), but as long as we have the diverse recordings such a this one to remind us, he will not likely be forgotten. Barretto was one of the prominent percussionists of his time and his influence on music of the jazz idiom was felt far more widely than most realize.

On this fine CD Barretto plays congas, and is joined by Hilton Ruiz on piano, David Sanchez on tenor sax, Papo Vazquez on trombone, Chris Barretto on alto sax, John Bentiez on bass, and Adam Cruz on drums - Puerto Ricans all, adding that special flavor of the Latin influence on these terrific songs. The works included on this farewell album include songs by Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer, Duke Elligton, Bobby Troup and others. The results - a wistful yet full-bodied concert of some very fine performances of 'Rican-ditioned' favorites. Well worth your attention. Grady Harp, October 06

Average customer rating: Emusica off to a Latin start with Fania catalog THE LATE GREAT RAY BARRETTO A superb tribute to an all-time Salsa legend.

A Que Viva La Musica Ray Barretto Manufacturer: Fania / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Salsa | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Man & His Music: The Player Rican/Struction Indestructible A Man and His Music: El Maestro Lo Mato ASIN: B000FBHCRS Release Date: 2006-05-23

Tracks:

1. Watusi
2. Bantu
3. 007
4. Do You Dig It
5. Soul Drummers
6. Hard Hands
7. Together
8. Right On
9. Acid
10. Abidjan
11. Power
12. Other Road
13. Lucretia the Cat
14. Cocinando
15. Arrepientete

Tracks:

1. Que Viva la Musica
2. Petola
3. Indestructible
4. Hijo de Obatal
5. Guarare
6. Vale Mas un Guaguanco
7. Ya Vez
8. Tu Propio Dolor
9. Fuerza Gigante
10. Rhythm of Life
11. Manos Duras
12. Prestame Tu Mujer
13. Aguadilla

Customer Reviews:

Emusica off to a Latin start with Fania catalog.......2007-01-23

Fania's catalog has been so mismanaged nay just plain neglected over the past 30 years (i once bought a copy of a willie colon lavoe cd - te mato- and it sounded like total distortion ... there had clearly been a problem with it and yet there it was) I have high hopes that things will improve now that Emusica bought the catalog but this Barretto compilation gives me some cause for concern. I do not understand the philosophy behind this compilation... it seems fania just wanted to include 1 or 2 tracks from each album with no concer for what they were including... Why would you include the same number of tracks (and shorter as they were done earlier) from seminal albums such as Acid, Together and Hard Hands as you would from Barretto's latter day efforts which had nowhere the impact and to these ears sound like more standard fare salsa. In fact the first cd is the one with the different rhythms etc... but they neglected some incredible stuff including some tracks he recorded with fania all stars which he wrote and should have been part of this compilation (i'm thinking of some tracks from the live at the red garter cds).. meanwhile the second cd is mainly post 72 Barretto and most tracks sound fairly similar...It just does not pack the same punch... Since CD1 has 15 minutes empty space and CD2 has another 15 or so they could have easily included more from early era Barretto... The liner notes are pretty shoddy affair with for example in the english notes riverside records honcho orrin keepnews (who anybody that knows anything about music knows who he is) is mispelled orrin keepnuevo as if they did a spellcheck in spanish or something and replaced "news" with "nuevo"...lame...barretto deserves a 100% treatment.. the notes tell us what album the songs come from but provide no dates, session players or anything else!!! the session players deserve better!... silly.. this is the typical mishandling of art by people who traditionally own latin music catalogs.. if they really want to do for fania what blue note did with its back catalog, which is what they've claimed, they got a long way to go.... also, there is no explanation of what happened when barretto's musicians left him around 72 to form their own group Tipica 73.. I give this four stars because the music is just great (although in my opinion too much 70s stantard salsa) and not enough early bugalu etc from the 60s... in fairness i should also say the sound is pretty good with two notable exceptions which are tracks 6 and 10 both coincidentally (not!) from "hard hands" which sound shoddy and buzz.. clearly an inferior source was used for these as they do not sound at all as good as the rest.. they should have just used a mint lp which they could have found on ebay for a bill... as mentioned the song selection is questionable and the liner notes leave a lot to be desired..it just seems like an opportunity was wasted to give barretto the 100% class act compilation he deserves... final quibble: to call this comp "a man and his music" is probably not the right way to go because barretto was very much about jazz too which is not represented here...

THE LATE GREAT RAY BARRETTO.......2007-01-07

IF YOU DON'T WANT TO GO OUT AND BUY ALL OF RAY BARRETTO'S ALBUMS, THEN BUY THIS ONE. IT IS A GREAT COMPILATION OF HIS MUSIC FROM THE FANIA AND TICO LABELS. I GUARANTEE YOU WILL LOVE THIS CD!!!!!! LONG LIVE RAY BARETTO!!! SOME OF IT MAY SOUND A BIT DATED (60'S AND 70'S), BUT IT IS GREAT MUSIC NEVERTHELESS.

A superb tribute to an all-time Salsa legend........2006-08-07

The late great Ray Barretto's recordings for the Tico and Fania labels represent an extremely important chapter in the history of Salsa and this compilation offers a fine (if incomplete) overview of his illustrious career. Hopefully, Emusica Records (Fania's new owner) will reissue all of Ray's Tico and Fania CDs. Most of his major hits and trademark tunes are here and no self-serving Barretto fan should be without this great compilation.

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