Raymundo "Ray" Barretto Pagán (April 29, 1929 – February 17, 2006) was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican descent. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz . His first hit, "El Watusi", was recorded by his Charanga Moderna in 1962, becoming the most successful pachanga song in the United States. In the late 1960s, Barretto became one of the leading exponents of boogaloo and what would later be known as salsa . Nonetheless, many of Barretto's recordings would remain rooted in more traditional genres such as son cubano . A master of the descarga (improvised jam session), Barretto was a long-time member of the Fania All-Stars . His success continued into the 1970s with songs such as "Cocinando" and "Indestructible". His last album for Fania Records , Soy dichoso , was released in 1990. He then formed the New World Spirit jazz ensemble and continued to tour and record until his death in 2006. He is the father of American vocalist and saxophonist Chris Barretto, best known for his work with Periphery and Monuments .
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155-417: A 1980 song by Celia Cruz , Johnny Pacheco and Pete "El Conde" Rodríguez from Celia/Johnny/Pete "Vida", a 1983 song by Chico Buarque "Vida", a 2002 song by Del Castillo from Vida "Vida", a 1981 song by Gilberto Gil "Vida", a 2001 song by Julio Iglesias from Ao Meu Brasil "Vida", a 1994 song by La Mafia from Vida "Vida", a 2010 song by Marc Anthony from Iconos "Vida",
186-442: A 2010 album by Canserbero Vida , a 2010 album by Tito Rojas Vida (Draco Rosa album) , 2013 Vida (Fuego album) , 2014 Vida (Luis Fonsi album) , 2019 Vida (Ana Tijoux album) , 2024 La Vida , Ainhoa Arteta 2009 Songs [ edit ] "Vida" (Ricardo Arjona song) , 2010 "Vida" (Ricky Martin song) , 2014 "Vída", a 2011 song by Alexander Acha from La Vída Es... Amor Sincero "Vida",
217-442: A 2010 album by Canserbero Vida , a 2010 album by Tito Rojas Vida (Draco Rosa album) , 2013 Vida (Fuego album) , 2014 Vida (Luis Fonsi album) , 2019 Vida (Ana Tijoux album) , 2024 La Vida , Ainhoa Arteta 2009 Songs [ edit ] "Vida" (Ricardo Arjona song) , 2010 "Vida" (Ricky Martin song) , 2014 "Vída", a 2011 song by Alexander Acha from La Vída Es... Amor Sincero "Vida",
248-2912: A 2012 song by Max Herre from Hallo Welt! "Vida", a 1966 song by Ray Barretto from El Ray Criollo "Vida", a 1999 song by Rubén Blades from Tiempos "La Vida", song by Henry Santos "La Vida", song by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Hola/Chau People [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Vida Anim (born 1983), Ghanaian sprinter Vida Beselienė (born 1956), Lithuanian basketball player Vida Blue (1949–2023), American baseball player Vida Brest (1925–1985), Slovenian writer Vida Jane Butler (1923–2007), American radio pioneer Vida Chenoweth (1929–2018), American solo classical marimbist, ethnomusicologist and linguist Vida Marija Čigriejienė (born 1936), Lithuanian physician, politician and professor Vida Ghahremani (1936–2018), Iranian actress, designer and teacher Vida Goldstein (1869–1949), Australian feminist Vida Guerra (born 1974), Cuban-born glamour model Vida Halimian (born 1988), Iranian archer Vida Hope (1918–1963), British film actress Vida Jeraj Hribar (1902–2002), Slovenian violinist Vida Jeraj (1860–1932), Slovenian poet and lyricist Vida Jerman (1939–2011), Croatian actress Vida Mohammad (born 1997), Afghan model Vida Nsiah (born 1976), Ghanaian sprinter and hurdler Vida Ognjenović (born 1941), Serbian theater director, playwright and diplomat Vida Petrović-Škero (born 1955), Serbian Supreme Court judge Vida Samadzai (born 1978), Miss Afghanistan 2003 Vida Dutton Scudder (1861–1954), American educator and welfare activist Vida Steinert , (1903 or 1905–1976), New Zealand painter Vida Vencienė (born 1961), Lithuanian cross-country skier Vida de Voss , Namibian feminist activist Surname [ edit ] André Vida (born 1974), American musician Domagoj Vida (born 1989), Croatian association football player Francesco Vida (1903–1984), Italian military officer and skier Gheza Vida (1913–1980), Romanian-Hungarian sculptor Ginny Vida (born 1939), American editor and community leader Giorgio Levi Della Vida (1886–1967), Italian Jewish linguist José Vida Soria (1937–2019), Spanish jurist and politician József Vida (born 1963), Hungarian hammer thrower Katie Vida , American interdisciplinary artist Marco Girolamo Vida (c. 1485–1566), Italian humanist, bishop, and poet Péter Vida (born 1983), German politician Piero Vida (1938–1987), Italian film actor Rudika Vida , Croatian footballer Szabolcs Vida , Hungarian motorcycle speedway rider Vendela Vida (born 1971), American writer Viktor Vida (1913–1960), Croatian writer Other uses [ edit ] Vida (trade union) , Austrian trade union Vida AB , Swedish sawmill company Club Deportivo y Social Vida , football team from Honduras The title character of Vida
279-2912: A 2012 song by Max Herre from Hallo Welt! "Vida", a 1966 song by Ray Barretto from El Ray Criollo "Vida", a 1999 song by Rubén Blades from Tiempos "La Vida", song by Henry Santos "La Vida", song by Los Fabulosos Cadillacs Hola/Chau People [ edit ] Given name [ edit ] Vida Anim (born 1983), Ghanaian sprinter Vida Beselienė (born 1956), Lithuanian basketball player Vida Blue (1949–2023), American baseball player Vida Brest (1925–1985), Slovenian writer Vida Jane Butler (1923–2007), American radio pioneer Vida Chenoweth (1929–2018), American solo classical marimbist, ethnomusicologist and linguist Vida Marija Čigriejienė (born 1936), Lithuanian physician, politician and professor Vida Ghahremani (1936–2018), Iranian actress, designer and teacher Vida Goldstein (1869–1949), Australian feminist Vida Guerra (born 1974), Cuban-born glamour model Vida Halimian (born 1988), Iranian archer Vida Hope (1918–1963), British film actress Vida Jeraj Hribar (1902–2002), Slovenian violinist Vida Jeraj (1860–1932), Slovenian poet and lyricist Vida Jerman (1939–2011), Croatian actress Vida Mohammad (born 1997), Afghan model Vida Nsiah (born 1976), Ghanaian sprinter and hurdler Vida Ognjenović (born 1941), Serbian theater director, playwright and diplomat Vida Petrović-Škero (born 1955), Serbian Supreme Court judge Vida Samadzai (born 1978), Miss Afghanistan 2003 Vida Dutton Scudder (1861–1954), American educator and welfare activist Vida Steinert , (1903 or 1905–1976), New Zealand painter Vida Vencienė (born 1961), Lithuanian cross-country skier Vida de Voss , Namibian feminist activist Surname [ edit ] André Vida (born 1974), American musician Domagoj Vida (born 1989), Croatian association football player Francesco Vida (1903–1984), Italian military officer and skier Gheza Vida (1913–1980), Romanian-Hungarian sculptor Ginny Vida (born 1939), American editor and community leader Giorgio Levi Della Vida (1886–1967), Italian Jewish linguist José Vida Soria (1937–2019), Spanish jurist and politician József Vida (born 1963), Hungarian hammer thrower Katie Vida , American interdisciplinary artist Marco Girolamo Vida (c. 1485–1566), Italian humanist, bishop, and poet Péter Vida (born 1983), German politician Piero Vida (1938–1987), Italian film actor Rudika Vida , Croatian footballer Szabolcs Vida , Hungarian motorcycle speedway rider Vendela Vida (born 1971), American writer Viktor Vida (1913–1960), Croatian writer Other uses [ edit ] Vida (trade union) , Austrian trade union Vida AB , Swedish sawmill company Club Deportivo y Social Vida , football team from Honduras The title character of Vida
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#1732775700034372-562: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages vida [REDACTED] Look up vida in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Vida means “life” in Spanish and Portuguese. It may refer to: Geography [ edit ] Vida (Gradačac) , village in Bosnia and Herzegovina Lake Vida , Victoria Valley, Antarctica U.S. settled places: Vida, Montana Vida, Oregon Vida, Missouri Film and TV [ edit ] Vida TV ,
403-489: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ray Barretto Barretto was born on April 29, 1929, in Brooklyn, New York. His parents moved to New York from Puerto Rico in the early 1920s, looking for a better life. His father left their family when Barretto was four, and his mother Delores moved the family to first Spanish Harlem (El Barrio) on NYC's East Side then at
434-473: The Fania record label in 1967, and his first recording for the new label was the 1968 album Acid , which is often cited as one of the most enduring boogaloo albums, with songs such as "A Deeper Shade of Soul" and the title track was included in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories on the fictitious Latin music radio station "Radio Espantoso". During this period, Adalberto Santiago
465-686: The Fania All Stars . In 1975 he released Barretto , also referred to as the Guararé album, with new vocalists Ruben Blades and Tito Gomez. Barretto played the conga in recording sessions for the Rolling Stones and the Bee Gees . He performanced on Herbie Mann 's "Discotheque" album also. In 1975, he was nominated for a Grammy Award for the album Barretto . From 1976 to 1978, Barretto recorded three albums for Atlantic Records, and
496-846: The Heart"), a collaboration featuring the vocals of Celia Cruz and Adalberto Santiago . His 1968 song "A Deeper Shade Of Soul" was sampled for the 1991 Billboard Hot 100 #21 hit " Deeper Shade of Soul " by Dutch band Urban Dance Squad . Also in the 1990s, a Latin agent, Chino Rodríguez , approached Barretto with a concept he also pitched to Larry Harlow . The idea was "The Latin Legends of Fania", and Barretto, Harlow, Yomo Toro, Pete "el Conde" Rodríguez, Junior González, Ismael Miranda, and Adalberto Santiago came together and formed "The Latin Legends of Fania", booked by Chino Rodríguez of Latin Music Booking.com. However, in 1992 Barretto left
527-546: The Latin division of United Artists , UA Latino, and began recording a series of albums in the boogaloo genre, which merges rhythm and blues with Latin music . On his album El Ray Criollo , Barretto explored the modern Latin sounds of New York, combining features of charanga and conjunto to birth a new style which would later be known as salsa . After recording four albums for the United Artists label, Barretto joined
558-735: The Legends to focus on his new jazz ensemble, New World Spirits, with which he recorded several albums for the Concord Jazz label. In 1999, Barretto was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame . In 2006, the National Endowment for the Arts awarded Barretto its Jazz Masters Award. Barretto lived in Northern New Jersey and was an active musical producer, as well as
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651-586: The age of 7 to the Bronx .From a young age he was influenced by his mother's love of music and by the jazz of Duke Ellington and Count Basie . In 1946, when Barretto was 17 years old, he joined the Army . While stationed in Germany , he met Belgian vibraphonist Fats Sadi . However, it was when he heard Dizzy Gillespie 's " Manteca " with Gil Fuller and Chano Pozo that he realized his calling. Barretto
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#1732775700034682-474: The album Indestructible , in which he played "La familia", a song written by José Curbelo in 1953 and recorded by the sonero Carlos Argentino with the Cuban band Sonora Matancera ; Tito Allen joined as new vocalist. Allen left the band after Indestructible . The series of departures left Barretto depressed and disappointed with salsa; he then redirected his efforts to jazz, while remaining as musical director of
713-468: The center of Latin music in the United States and a musical genre called pachanga was the Latin music craze of the early 1960s. In 1962, Barretto formed his first group, Charanga La Moderna, and recorded his first hit, "El Watusi" for Tico Records . He was quite successful with the song and the genre, to the point of being typecast (something that he disliked). In 1965, Barretto signed with
744-566: 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. In 1963 Barreto played conga on Kenny Burrell's album Midnight Blue , noted by several critics as one of the greatest jazz albums. In 1960, Barretto was a house musician for the Prestige , Blue Note , and Riverside labels. He also recorded on Columbia Records with Jazz flautist Herbie Mann . New York had become
775-407: The first U.S. born percussionist to incorporate the conga drum into jazz. On one occasion Charlie Parker heard Barretto play and invited him to play in his band. Later, he was asked to play for José Curbelo and Tito Puente , for whom he played for four years. It was in 1958, while playing for Puente , that Barretto received his first recording credit. Barretto developed a unique style of playing
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868-516: The leader of a touring band which embarked on tours of the United States , Africa , Europe , Israel and Latin America . A resident of Norwood, New Jersey , Barretto died of heart failure and complications of multiple health issues on February 17, 2006, at Hackensack University Medical Center in New Jersey. His body was flown to Puerto Rico, where Barretto was given formal honors by
899-522: 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 Rican/Struction , which was named 1980 "Best Album" by Latin N.Y. Magazine, with Barretto crowned as 'Conga Player of the Year'. In 1990, Barretto won his only Grammy, in the Tropical Music category, for the album Ritmo en el corazón ("Rhythm in
930-471: Was not able to escape racial discrimination while stationed in Germany, which led him to a nightclub that was welcoming to black servicemen. He was able to start his music career at this club by playing the back head of a banjo. 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. He is credited as being
961-559: Was the band's lead vocalist. In 1972 Barretto's Que viva la música was released. "Cocinando," a track from the album, opened the soundtrack of the Fania All Stars film Our Latin Thing in which Barretto had a role. After a number of successful albums, and just as his Afro-Cuban band had attained a remarkable following, most of its members left it to form Típica 73 , a multinational salsa conglomerate. In 1973, Barretto recorded