Ray Barretto ndi woyimba, woyimba komanso woimba wotchuka yemwe wafufuza ndikukulitsa mwayi wa Afro-Cuban Jazz kwazaka zopitilira makumi asanu. Wopambana Mphotho ya Grammy ndi Celia Cruz wa Ritmo En El Corazon, membala wa International Latin Hall of Fame. Komanso wopambana angapo pa mpikisano wa "Musician of the Year", wopambana pa "Best Conga Performer". Barretto sanapume pazakudya zake. Nthawi zonse ankayesetsa osati kukondweretsa kokha, komanso kudabwitsa omvera ndi mitundu yatsopano ya machitidwe ndi nyimbo.
M'zaka za m'ma 1950 adayambitsa ng'oma za bebop conga. Ndipo m'ma 1960 adafalitsa phokoso la salsa. Panthawi imodzimodziyo, anali ndi nthawi yotanganidwa ngati woimba nyimbo. M'zaka za m'ma 1970, adayamba kuyesa kusakaniza. Ndipo m’zaka za m’ma 1980 anaphunzira bwino nyimbo za ku Latin America ndi jazi. Barretto adapanga gulu lofuna chidwi la New World Spirit. Amadziwika chifukwa cha kugwedezeka kwake komanso mawonekedwe amphamvu a conga. Wojambulayo adakhala m'modzi mwa atsogoleri odziwika kwambiri amagulu oimba achi Latin.
Amapanga nyimbo zoyambira ku salsa mpaka ku Latin jazi, wachita masewera otchuka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Ubwana ndi unyamata
Wobadwira ku Brooklyn, New York, Barretto anakulira ku Spanish Harlem. M'zaka zake zakusukulu, anali ndi chidwi ndi nyimbo za Latin America ndi nyimbo zazikulu zamagulu. Masana, amayi ake ankaimba nyimbo za ku Puerto Rican. Ndipo usiku, pamene amayi ake anapita ku makalasi, iye ankamvetsera jazi. Anayamba kukondana ndi phokoso la Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey ndi Harry James pawailesi. Pofuna kuthawa umphawi ku Spanish Harlem, Barretto anayamba usilikali ali ndi zaka 17 (Germany). Kumeneko adamva koyamba nyimbo za Dizzy Gillespie (Manteca) za Chilatini ndi jazi. Mnyamatayo ankakonda kwambiri nyimboyi ndipo anakhala chilimbikitso chake kwa zaka zotsatira. Iye ankaganiza kuti angakhale woimba wotchuka monganso mafano ake. Atagwira ntchito ya usilikali, anabwerera ku Harlem, kukachita nawo magawo a kupanikizana.
Wojambulayo anaphunzira zida zoimbira ndipo anapezanso chiyambi chake cha Chilatini. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyo, adapitirizabe kuchita masewera a jazz ndi Latin. Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1940, Barretto adagula ng'oma zingapo za conga. Ndipo anayamba kusewera masewera a jam atatha maola ambiri m'makalabu ausiku ku Harlem ndi ena. Kwa zaka zingapo adasewera ndi gulu la José Curbelo.
Ray Barretto: Njira zazikulu zoyamba
Ntchito yoyamba ya Barretto inali ya Eddie Bonnemer's Latin Jazz Combo. Anatsatiridwa ndi zaka ziwiri za ntchito ndi Cuba mtsogoleri wa gulu nyimbo - limba José Curbelo.
Mu 1957, wojambula wachinyamatayo adalowa m'malo mwa Mongo Santamaria mugulu la Tito Puente usiku womwe usanajambule Dance Mania, chimbale chodziwika bwino cha Puente. Pambuyo pa zaka zinayi za mgwirizano ndi Puente, woimbayo adagwira ntchito kwa miyezi inayi ndi Herbie Mann. Mwayi woyamba wa Barretto udabwera mu 1961 ndi Orrin Keepnews (Riverside Records). Anamudziwa Barretto kuchokera ku ntchito yake ya jazi. Ndipo charanga (chitoliro ndi violin orchestra) idapangidwa. Zotsatira zake zinali nyimbo ya Pachanga With Barretto yotsatiridwa ndi Latino jam Latino yopambana (1962). Charanga Barretto adathandizidwa ndi tenor saxophonist José "Chombo" Silva and trumpeter Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar. Latino inali ndi descarga (gawo la kupanikizana) Cocinando Suave. Barretto adayitcha motere: "Imodzi mwazomwe zidalembedwa pang'onopang'ono."
Ray Barretto: Zaka zogwira ntchito zopanga bwino
Mu 1962, Barretto adayamba kugwira ntchito ndi cholembera cha Tico ndikutulutsa chimbale cha Charanga Moderna. Nyimbo ya El Watusi inalowa pazithunzi 20 zapamwamba za US mu 1963 ndikugulitsa makope miliyoni. Pambuyo pa El Watusi, sindinali nsomba kapena mbalame, kapena Chilatini wabwino, kapena wojambula bwino wa pop,” woimbayo ananena pambuyo pake. Nyimbo zake zisanu ndi zitatu zotsatira (pakati pa 1963 ndi 1966) zidasintha mosiyanasiyana ndipo sizinachite bwino pamalonda.
Zoimba za nyimbo zake zina zolembedwa kuyambira nthawiyi zidayamikiridwa zaka zingapo pambuyo pake.
Chuma cha Barretto chinasintha pomwe adasaina ndi Fania Records mu 1967. Adasiya zoyimba zamkuwa ndikupanga R&B ndi jazi Acid. Chifukwa cha izi, adakhala wotchuka kwambiri pakati pa anthu aku Latin America. Chaka chotsatira, adalowa nawo gulu loyambirira la Fania All-Stars.
Nyimbo zisanu ndi zinayi zotsatira za Barretto (Fania Records) kuyambira 1968 mpaka 1975 anali opambana kwambiri. Koma kumapeto kwa 1972, woyimba wake wa 1966, Adalberto Santiago, ndi mamembala anayi a gulu adachoka. Ndipo kenako adapanga gulu la Típica 73. Chimbale Barretto (1975) chokhala ndi oimba Ruben Blades ndi Tito Gomez chidakhala gulu logulitsidwa kwambiri la woimbayo. Adasankhidwanso ku Mphotho ya Grammy mu 1976. Barretto adadziwika kuti ndi "Best Conga Player of the Year" mu 1975 ndi 1976. mu kafukufuku wapachaka wa magazini ya Latin NY.
Barretto anali atatopa ndi zisudzo zatsiku ndi tsiku mu kalabu yausiku. Iye ankaona kuti zibonga kupondereza zilandiridwenso ake, panalibe zoyeserera. Analinso ndi chiyembekezo kuti salsa ikhoza kufikira anthu ambiri. Pa Madzulo a Chaka Chatsopano 1975, adachita sewero lake lomaliza ndi gulu la salsa. Kenako adapitiliza kuchita ndi dzina loti Guarare. Adatulutsanso nyimbo zitatu: Guarare (1977), Guarare-2 (1979) ndi Onda Típica (1981).
Pangani gulu latsopano
Barretto adagwira ntchito ya salsa-romantic style, adatulutsa chimbale chosatchuka kwambiri cha Irresistible (1989). Saba (yemwe adangoyimba nyimbo ya Barretto ya 1988 ndi 1989) adayamba ntchito yake payekha ndi gulu la Necesito Una Mirada Tuya (1990). Idapangidwa ndi mtsogoleri wakale wa Los Kimy Kimmy Solis. Pa Ogasiti 30, 1990, kuti akumbukire kutenga nawo gawo mu nyimbo za jazi ndi Latin America, Barretto adawonekera ndi Adalberto komanso woyimba lipenga waku Puerto Rican Juancito Torres ku konsati yaulemu ya Las 2 Vidas De Ray Barretto ku Yunivesite ya Puerto Rico. Mu 1991 adagwira ntchito ndi kampani yojambula nyimbo ya Concord Picante for Handprints.
Mu 1992, Barretto anayambitsa Baibulo la New World Spirit sextet. Zolemba pamanja (1991), Mauthenga a Ancestrial (1993) ndi Taboo (1994) zidajambulidwa ku Concord Picante. Kenako Blue Note for Contact (1997). Mu ndemanga ya Latin Beat Magazine, zinadziwika kuti mamembala a New World Spirit ndi oimba amphamvu omwe amaimba momveka bwino komanso anzeru. Nyimbo za Caravan, Poinciana ndi Serenata zinamasuliridwa mokongola.
Chakumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma 1990, Barretto adajambula nyimbo ndi Eddie Gomez, Kenny Burrell, Joe Lovano ndi Steve Turre. Kujambula New World Spirit (2000) inali projekiti yabwino kwambiri pazaka zomaliza za wojambulayo.
Pambuyo pa maulendo asanu, thanzi la wojambulayo linalowa pansi. Zochita zamakonsati zidayenera kuyimitsidwa. Barretto anamwalira kumayambiriro kwa 2006.
Chifukwa cha kufunitsitsa kwa wojambula kuyesa, nyimbo zakhala zatsopano kwa zaka zoposa 50. Ginell anati: “Ngakhale kuti ma conga a Ray Barretto ankakonda kwambiri nyimbo zojambulira kuposa anthu ena onse a m’nthawi yake, iye anatsogoleranso magulu ena a nyimbo za jazi achilatini kwa zaka zambiri.” Kuphatikiza pa nyimbo za jazi ndi Latin America, Barretto adalembanso nyimbo ndi Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills ndi Nash. Ngakhale kuti kwawo kunali ku United States, Barretto anali wotchuka kwambiri ku France ndipo anapita ku Ulaya kangapo. Mu 1999, wojambulayo adaphatikizidwa mu International Latin Music Hall of Fame. Barretto anali wodziwika bwino pakuphatikiza nyimbo za jazi ndi Afro-Cuba, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti nyimboyi ikhale yotchuka kwambiri.
