Ray Barretto yog tus kws ntaus suab paj nruag, ua yeeb yam thiab tus kws sau nkauj uas tau tshawb nrhiav thiab nthuav tawm qhov muaj peev xwm ntawm Afro-Cuban Jazz rau ntau tshaj tsib xyoo lawm. Grammy Award yeej nrog Celia Cruz rau Ritmo En El Corazon, tus tswv cuab ntawm International Latin Hall of Fame. Raws li zoo raws li ntau tus yeej ntawm "Musician ntawm Lub Xyoo", tus yeej hauv qhov kev xaiv tsa "Best conga performer". Barretto yeej tsis so ntawm nws laurels. Nws ib txwm sim tsis tsuas yog ua kom txaus siab, tab sis kuj ua rau cov neeg mloog xav tsis thoob nrog hom kev ua yeeb yam tshiab thiab cov suab paj nruag.
Hauv xyoo 1950 nws tau qhia txog bebop conga nruas. Thiab nyob rau hauv 1960s nws kis tau lub suab ntawm salsa. Nyob rau tib lub sij hawm, nws muaj ib tug tibneeg hu tauj coob lub sij hawm raws li ib tug session musician. Hauv xyoo 1970, nws pib sim nrog fusion. Thiab nyob rau xyoo 1980 nws tau ua tiav Latin American suab paj nruag thiab jazz. Barretto tsim pab pawg neeg taug txuj kev nyuaj New World Spirit. Nws yog lub npe hu rau nws lub viav vias impeccable thiab muaj zog conga style. Tus kws kos duab tau los ua ib tus thawj coj nto moo tshaj plaws ntawm Latin suab paj nruag orchestras.
Ua yeeb yam xws li salsa mus rau Latin jazz, nws tau ua nyob rau theem nto moo tshaj plaws thoob ntiaj teb.
Menyuam thiab hluas
Yug hauv Brooklyn, New York, Barretto loj hlob hauv Spanish Harlem. Thaum nws kawm ntawv xyoo, nws nyiam Latin American suab paj nruag thiab suab paj nruag loj. Thaum nruab hnub, nws niam ua si Puerto Rican cov ntaub ntawv. Thiab thaum hmo ntuj, thaum nws niam mus kawm, nws mloog jazz. Nws poob rau hauv kev hlub nrog lub suab ntawm Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey thiab Harry James hauv xov tooj cua. Kom dim kev txom nyem hauv Spanish Harlem, Barretto pib ua tub rog thaum nws muaj 17 xyoo (Lub Tebchaws Yelemees). Nyob ntawd nws thawj zaug hnov ib qho kev sib xyaw ntawm Latin suab paj nruag thiab jazz hauv suab paj nruag ntawm Dizzy Gillespie (Manteca). Tus tub hluas nyiam zaj nkauj no heev thiab tau los ua nws kev tshoov siab rau xyoo tom ntej. Nws xav tias nws tuaj yeem dhau los ua tus kws ntaus nkauj nto moo zoo li nws cov mlom. Tom qab ua tub rog, nws rov qab mus rau Harlem, mus koom kev sib tham.
Tus kws kos duab kawm percussion instruments thiab rov tshawb pom nws cov keeb kwm Latin. Txij thaum ntawd los, nws tau txuas ntxiv ua yeeb yam hauv jazz thiab Latin. Thaum xyoo 1940s, Barretto tau yuav ntau lub nruas. Thiab nws tau pib ua si jam sessions tom qab teev nyob rau hauv nightclubs hauv Harlem thiab lwm tus, tsim nws tus kheej style, nws tham nrog Parker thiab Gillespie. Tau ntau xyoo nws ua si nrog José Curbelo pab pawg.
Ray Barretto: Thawj kauj ruam loj
Barretto thawj txoj haujlwm puv sijhawm yog Eddie Bonnemer's Latin Jazz Combo. Nws tau ua raws li ob xyoos ntawm kev ua haujlwm nrog Cuban tus thawj coj ntawm pab pawg suab paj nruag - pianist José Curbelo.
Nyob rau hauv 1957, tus hluas artist hloov Mongo Santamaria nyob rau hauv Tito Puente lub band hmo ua ntej lub kaw lus ntawm Dance Mania, Puente's classic thiab nrov album. Tom qab plaub xyoos ntawm kev koom tes nrog Puente, tus kws ntaus nkauj ua haujlwm rau plaub lub hlis nrog Herbie Mann. Barretto thawj thawj lub sijhawm tuaj txog xyoo 1961 nrog Orrin Keepnews (Riverside Records). Nws paub Barretto los ntawm nws txoj haujlwm jazz. Thiab lub charanga (flute thiab violin orchestra) raug tsim. Qhov tshwm sim yog album Pachanga Nrog Barretto ua raws li Latino jam Latino (1962). Charanga Barretto tau ua tiav los ntawm tenor saxophonist José "Chombo" Silva thiab trumpeter Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar. Latino muaj cov descarga (lub rooj sib tham) Cocinando Suave. Barretto hu nws zoo li no: "Ib qho ntawm cov uas tau maj mam kaw."
Ray Barretto: Lub xyoo tshiab ntawm kev muaj tswv yim zoo
Xyoo 1962, Barretto pib ua haujlwm nrog Tico daim ntawv lo thiab tso tawm Charanga Moderna album. Txoj kev taug El Watusi nkag mus rau sab saum toj 20 US pop kab kos hauv xyoo 1963 thiab muag ib lab luam. "Tom qab El Watusi, kuv tsis yog ntses lossis noog, tsis yog Latin zoo, lossis ib tus kws kos duab zoo," tom qab ntawd tus kws ntaus nkauj tau hais. Nws yim albums tom ntej no (nruab nrab ntawm 1963 thiab 1966) sib txawv hauv kev coj thiab tsis ua lag luam zoo.
Cov suab paj nruag zoo ntawm qee yam ntawm nws cov ntawv sau tseg los ntawm lub sijhawm no tsuas yog tau txais txiaj ntsig ntau xyoo tom qab.
Barretto cov hmoov zoo tau hloov pauv thaum nws kos npe nrog Fonia Cov Ntaub Ntawv hauv xyoo 1967. Nws tau tso tseg tooj liab violins thiab ua R&B thiab jazz Acid. Ua tsaug rau qhov no, nws nyiam qhov muaj koob npe ntau dua ntawm Latin American pej xeem. Xyoo tom ntej, nws tau koom nrog thawj kab ntawm Fania All-Stars.
Barretto lub cuaj albums tom ntej (Fania Records) los ntawm 1968 txog 1975 twb tseem vam meej. Tab sis thaum kawg ntawm xyoo 1972, nws tus neeg hu nkauj los ntawm 1966, Adalberto Santiago, thiab plaub ntawm pawg neeg tawm mus. Thiab tom qab ntawd lawv tsim cov pab pawg Típica 73. Lub album Barretto (1975) nrog cov neeg hu nkauj Ruben Blades thiab Tito Gomez tau los ua tus ntaus suab paj nruag cov khoom muag zoo tshaj plaws. Nws kuj tau raug xaiv tsa rau Grammy Award hauv 1976. Barretto tau lees paub tias yog "Cov Neeg Ua Si Zoo Tshaj Plaws ntawm Lub Xyoo" hauv 1975 thiab 1976. nyob rau hauv lub xyoo Latin NY magazine poll.
Barretto nkees ntawm kev ua yeeb yam txhua hnub hauv ib hmo ntuj. Nws xav tias cov koom haum txwv tsis pub nws muaj tswv yim, tsis muaj kev sim. Nws kuj xav tsis thoob tias salsa tuaj yeem ncav cuag cov neeg tuaj saib dav dua. Nyob rau Xyoo Tshiab Xyoo 1975, nws tau muab nws qhov kev ua yeeb yam kawg nrog rau pab pawg salsa. Tom qab ntawd lawv tau mus ua yeeb yam raws li lub npe Guarare. Lawv kuj tso peb albums: Guarare (1977), Guarare-2 (1979) thiab Onda Típica (1981).
Tsim ib pab pawg tshiab
Barretto ua hauj lwm nyob rau hauv lub salsa-romantic style, tso tawm qhov tsis nrov album Irresistible (1989). Saba (uas tsuas yog hu nkauj rau ntawm Barretto's 1988 thiab 1989 albums) pib nws txoj haujlwm solo nrog Necesito Una Mirada Tuya compilation (1990). Nws yog tsim los ntawm yav dhau los Los Kimy frontman Kimmy Solis. Thaum Lub Yim Hli 30, 1990, ua kev nco txog nws txoj kev koom tes hauv jazz thiab Latin American suab paj nruag, Barretto tau tshwm sim nrog Adalberto thiab Puerto Rican trumpeter Juancito Torres ntawm Las 2 Vidas De Ray Barretto tribute concert ntawm University of Puerto Rico. Xyoo 1991 nws tau ua haujlwm nrog lub tuam txhab sau ntawv Concord Picante rau Handprints.
Xyoo 1992, Barretto tsim lub Ntiaj Teb Tshiab Ntsuj Plig sextet. Handprints (1991), Ancestrial Messages (1993) thiab Taboo (1994) raug kaw rau Concord Picante. Thiab ces Blue Note for Contact (1997). Hauv kev tshuaj xyuas los ntawm Latin Beat Magazine, nws tau sau tseg tias cov tswv cuab ntawm New World Spirit yog cov kws ntaus nkauj muaj zog uas ua si meej thiab ntse solos. Cov suab nkauj ntawm Caravan, Poinciana thiab Serenata tau txhais tau zoo nkauj.
Thaum xyoo 1990s, Barretto tau sau cov nkauj nrog Eddie Gomez, Kenny Burrell, Joe Lovano thiab Steve Turre. Kev Sau Npe Tshiab Ntiaj Teb Ntsuj Plig (2000) yog qhov project zoo tshaj plaws ntawm cov kws kos duab xyoo tas los.
Tom qab tsib shunts, tus kws kos duab kev noj qab haus huv tsis zoo. Kev ua yeeb yam concerts yuav tsum raug ncua. Barretto tuag thaum ntxov 2006.
Ua tsaug rau tus kws kos duab txaus siab rau kev sim, suab paj nruag tau tshiab rau ntau dua 50 xyoo. Ginell tau sau tseg tias, "Thaum Ray Barretto's congas tau ua qhov kev kaw ntau dua li yuav luag txhua qhov kev sib tham ntawm nws lub sijhawm," Ginell tau sau tseg, "nws kuj tau coj qee qhov kev vam meej Latin-jazz band rau ntau xyoo lawm." Ntxiv rau cov suab paj nruag jazz thiab Latin American, Barretto kuj tau kaw cov nkauj nrog Bee Gees, Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills thiab Nash. Txawm hais tias nws lub tsev hauv paus nyob hauv Tebchaws Meskas, Barretto tau nrov heev hauv Fab Kis thiab ncig teb chaws Europe ob peb zaug. Xyoo 1999, tus kws kos duab tau suav nrog hauv International Latin Music Hall of Fame. Barretto yog ib qho tseem ceeb hauv kev ua ke ntawm jazz thiab Afro-Cuban rhythms, tsim cov suab paj nruag rau hauv lub ntsiab.
