He mea mele kaulana ʻo Ray Barretto, mea hoʻokani a haku mele nāna i ʻimi a hoʻonui i nā hiki o Afro-Cuban Jazz no ʻelima mau makahiki. ʻO Grammy Award lanakila me Celia Cruz no Ritmo En El Corazon, lālā o ka International Latin Hall of Fame. A me ka nui o ka lanakila o ka "Musician of the Year", lanakila ma ka koho "Best conga performer". ʻAʻole i hoʻomaha ʻo Barretto i kāna mau laurels. Ua ho'āʻo mauʻo iaʻaʻole wale eʻoluʻolu, akā, e kāhāhā i ka poʻe hoʻolohe me nāʻano hana hou a me nāʻano mele.
I ka makahiki 1950 ua hoʻolauna ʻo ia i nā pahu bebop conga. A i nā makahiki 1960, hoʻolaha ʻo ia i nā leo salsa. I ka manawa like, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna papa hana ma ke ʻano he mea hoʻokani pila. I nā makahiki 1970, hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hoʻāʻo me ka fusion. A i ka makahiki 1980 ua lanakila ʻo ia i ka mele a me ka jazz ʻAmelika Latin. Ua hoʻokumu ʻo Barretto i ka hui hoʻokūkū ʻo New World Spirit. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia no kona kowali maikaʻi ʻole a me ke ʻano conga ikaika. Ua lilo ka mea pena kiʻi i kekahi o nā alakaʻi kaulana loa o nā mele mele Latin.
Hana ʻo ia i nā haku mele mai ka salsa a i ka jazz Latin, ua hana ʻo ia ma nā pae kaulana loa a puni ka honua.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka'ōpio
Ua hānau ʻia ma Brooklyn, New York, ua ulu ʻo Barretto ma Spanish Harlem. I kona mau makahiki kula, hoihoi ʻo ia i nā mele ʻAmelika Latina a me nā mele hui nui. I ka lā, hoʻokani kona makuahine i nā moʻolelo Puerto Rican. A i ka pō, i ka hele ʻana o kona makuahine i nā papa, hoʻolohe ʻo ia i ka jazz. Ua aloha ʻo ia i nā leo o Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey a me Harry James ma ka lekiō. No ka pakele ʻana i ka ʻilihune ma ka Spanish Harlem, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Barretto e lawelawe i ka pūʻali koa i kona wā he 17 makahiki (Kelemānia). Ma laila ʻo ia i lohe mua ai i ka hui ʻana o nā mele Latin a me ka jazz i ke mele a Dizzy Gillespie (Manteca). Ua makemake nui ke kanaka ʻōpio i kēia mele a ua lilo ia i mea hoʻoikaika no nā makahiki e hiki mai ana. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia e hiki ke lilo i mea hoʻokani kaulana e like me kāna mau kiʻi. Ma hope o ka lawelawe ʻana i ka pūʻali koa, hoʻi ʻo ia i Harlem, e hele ana i nā hui jam.
Ua aʻo ka mea pena i nā mea kani a ʻike hou i kāna aʻa Latin. Mai ia manawa, ua hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana i nā ʻano jazz a me Latin. I ka hopena o ka makahiki 1940, ua kūʻai ʻo Barretto i kekahi mau pahu conga. A hoʻomaka ʻo ia e pāʻani i nā hui jam ma hope o nā hola ma nā hale pō ma Harlem a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. No kekahi mau makahiki ua pāʻani ʻo ia me ka hui a José Curbelo.
Ray Barretto: Nā hana koʻikoʻi mua
ʻO ka hana piha manawa piha mua a Barretto ʻo Eddie Bonnemer's Latin Jazz Combo. Ua ukali ʻia ʻo ia e ʻelua mau makahiki o ka hana me ke alakaʻi Cuban o ka hui mele - pianist José Curbelo.
I ka makahiki 1957, ua pani ka mea pena kiʻi ʻōpio iā Mongo Santamaria ma ka hui a Tito Puente i ka pō ma mua o ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana o Dance Mania, ka mele mele kaulana a kaulana a Puente. Ma hope o ʻehā mau makahiki o ka hui pū ʻana me Puente, ua hana ka mea hoʻokani pila no ʻehā mahina me Herbie Mann. Ua hiki mai ka manawa alakaʻi mua o Barretto i ka makahiki 1961 me Orrin Keepnews (Riverside Records). Ua ʻike ʻo ia iā Barretto mai kāna hana jazz. A ua hana ʻia ka charanga (flute and violin orchestra). ʻO ka hopena ka album Pachanga With Barretto i ukali ʻia e ka Latino jam Latino (1962) kūleʻa. Ua hoʻokō ʻia ʻo Charanga Barretto e ka saxophonist tenor José "Chombo" Silva a me ka mea kani pū ʻo Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar. Aia ka Latino i ka descarga (jam session) Cocinando Suave. Kapa ʻo Barretto penei: "ʻO kekahi o nā mea i hoʻopaʻa lohi ʻia."
ʻO Ray Barretto: Nā makahiki ikaika o ka hoʻomohala holomua
I ka makahiki 1962, hoʻomaka ʻo Barretto e hana me ka lepili Tico a hoʻokuʻu i ka album Charanga Moderna. Ua komo ka track El Watusi i ka papa kiʻi pop 20 US ma 1963 a kūʻai aku i hoʻokahi miliona kope. "Ma hope o El Watusi, ʻaʻole wau he iʻa a ʻaʻole he manu, ʻaʻole he Latin maikaʻi, ʻaʻole hoʻi he pop artist maikaʻi," wahi a ka mea hoʻokani pila. ʻO kāna mau mele ʻewalu e hiki mai ana (ma waena o 1963 a me 1966) i ʻokoʻa i ka ʻaoʻao a ʻaʻole kūleʻa i ka ʻoihana.
ʻO nā pono mele o kekahi o kāna mau hana i hoʻopaʻa ʻia mai kēia wā i mahalo wale ʻia i nā makahiki ma hope.
Ua loli ka waiwai o Barretto i kona pūlima me Fania Records i ka makahiki 1967. Ua haʻalele ʻo ia i nā violins keleawe a hana i ka R&B a me ka jazz Acid. Mahalo i kēia, ua hauʻoli ʻo ia i ka kaulana i waena o ka lehulehu ʻAmelika Latin. I ka makahiki aʻe, ua komo ʻo ia i ka laina mua o ka Fania All-Stars.
ʻEiwa mau album hou a Barretto (Fania Records) mai 1968 a i 1975. ua oi aku ka lanakila. Akā i ka pau ʻana o ka makahiki 1972, ua haʻalele kāna mea hoʻokani leo mai 1966, ʻo Adalberto Santiago, a me ʻehā o nā lālā o ka hui. A laila hana lākou i ka hui ʻo Típica 73. ʻO ka album Barretto (1975) me nā leo leo ʻo Ruben Blades lāua ʻo Tito Gomez i lilo i mea kūʻai maikaʻi loa o ka mea mele. Ua koho ʻia ʻo ia no kahi makana Grammy ma 1976. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Barretto ʻo "Best Conga Player of the Year" ma 1975 a me 1976. ma ke koho balota makahiki makahiki Latin NY.
Ua luhi ʻo Barretto i nā hana paʻakikī o kēlā me kēia lā ma kahi hale kalapu. Ua manaʻo ʻo ia ua kāohi nā hui i kāna hana hana, ʻaʻohe hoʻokolohua. Ua noʻonoʻo ʻo ia no ka hiki ʻana o salsa i ka lehulehu ākea. Ma ka New Year's Eve 1975, hāʻawi ʻo ia i kāna hana hope loa me kahi hui salsa. A laila hele lākou i ka hana ma lalo o ka inoa ʻo Guarare. Ua hoʻokuʻu pū lākou i ʻekolu album: Guarare (1977), Guarare-2 (1979) a me Onda Típica (1981).
E hana i hui hou
Ua hana ʻo Barretto ma ke ʻano salsa-romantic, hoʻokuʻu i ka album kaulana ʻole ʻo Irresistible (1989). Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Saba (ʻo ia wale nō ka mea mele ma ka mele ma nā album 1988 a me 1989 a Barretto) i kāna hana solo me ka hui ʻo Necesito Una Mirada Tuya (1990). Ua hana ʻia e ka luna mua o Los Kimy ʻo Kimmy Solis. Ma ʻAukake 30, 1990, no ka hoʻomanaʻo ʻana i kona komo ʻana i nā mele jazz a me Latin American, ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Barretto me Adalberto a me Puerto Rican trumpeter Juancito Torres ma ka ʻaha mele hoʻohanohano Las 2 Vidas De Ray Barretto ma ke Kulanui o Puerto Rico. Ma 1991 ua hana ʻo ia me ka hui mele ʻo Concord Picante no nā Handprints.
I ka makahiki 1992, ua hoʻokumu ʻo Barretto i ka New World Spirit sextet. Hoʻopaʻa ʻia ʻo Handprints (1991), Ancestrial Messages (1993) a me Taboo (1994) no Concord Picante. A laila Blue Note for Contact (1997). I loko o kahi loiloi a Latin Beat Magazine, ua ʻike ʻia he mau mele ikaika nā lālā o ka New World Spirit e pāʻani ana i nā mele mele māmā a naʻauao. ʻO nā mele o Caravan, Poinciana a me Serenata i wehewehe nani.
I ka hopena o nā makahiki 1990, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo Barretto i nā haku mele me Eddie Gomez, Kenny Burrell, Joe Lovano a me Steve Turre. ʻO ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka New World Spirit (2000) ka papahana maikaʻi loa o nā makahiki hope o ka mea pena.
Ma hope o ʻelima shunt, ua pōʻino ke olakino o ka mea pena. Ua hoʻokuʻu ʻia nā hana ʻahamele. Ua make ʻo Barretto i ka makahiki 2006.
Mahalo i ka makemake o ka mea pena e hoʻokolohua, he mea hou ke mele no nā makahiki he 50. "ʻOiai ua ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o nā congas a Ray Barretto ma mua o nā conguero ʻē aʻe o kona manawa," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Ginell, "ua alakaʻi pū ʻo ia i kekahi mau hui Latin-jazz holomua no nā makahiki." Ma waho aʻe o nā mele jazz a me ʻAmelika Latin, ua hoʻopaʻa pū ʻo Barretto i nā mele me ka Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills a me Nash. ʻOiai aia kona home home ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, ua kaulana loa ʻo Barretto ma Farani a ua kipa pinepine ʻo ia i ʻEulopa. I ka makahiki 1999, ua hoʻokomo ʻia ka mea pena i ka International Latin Music Hall of Fame. He kanaka nui ʻo Barretto i ka hui pū ʻana o nā mele jazz a me Afro-Cuban, e hoʻomohala ana i ka mele i ke ʻano nui.
