Ray Barretto sanannen mawaƙi ne, ɗan wasa kuma mawaƙi wanda ya bincika tare da faɗaɗa yuwuwar Afro-Cuban Jazz sama da shekaru hamsin. Wanda ya lashe lambar yabo ta Grammy tare da Celia Cruz na Ritmo En El Corazon, memba na Hall of Fame Latin na Duniya. Kazalika wanda ya lashe gasar "Mawaki na Shekara", wanda ya yi nasara a zaben "Mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo". Barretto bai huta ba. Yakan yi ƙoƙari ba kawai don farantawa ba, amma har ma ya ba masu sauraro mamaki tare da sababbin nau'ikan wasan kwaikwayon da salon kiɗa.
A cikin 1950s ya gabatar da bebop conga ganguna. Kuma a cikin 1960s ya yada sautin salsa. A lokaci guda kuma, yana da tsarin aiki a matsayin mawaƙin zama. A cikin 1970s, ya fara gwaji tare da fusion. Kuma a cikin 1980s ya sami nasarar ƙware wa kiɗa da jazz na Latin Amurka. Barretto ya ƙirƙiri ƙungiyar mai ban sha'awa New World Ruhu. An san shi da ƙaƙƙarfan lilo da salon conga mai ƙarfi. Mawaƙin ya zama ɗaya daga cikin shahararrun shugabannin ƙungiyar kiɗan Latin.
Yana yin abubuwan da suka fito daga salsa zuwa Latin jazz, ya yi a kan mafi shahararrun matakai a duniya.
Yara da matasa
An haife shi a Brooklyn, New York, Barretto ya girma a cikin Harlem na Sifen. A lokacin karatunsa, yana sha'awar kiɗan Latin Amurka da manyan kiɗan kiɗa. A cikin rana, mahaifiyarsa ta buga rikodin Puerto Rican. Kuma da dare, mahaifiyarsa ta tafi darasi, yana sauraron jazz. Ya ƙaunaci sautin Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey da Harry James akan rediyo. Don guje wa talauci a cikin Harlem na Mutanen Espanya, Barretto ya fara aiki a cikin soja lokacin yana da shekaru 17 (Jamus). A can ya fara jin haɗakar waƙoƙin Latin da jazz a cikin kiɗan Dizzy Gillespie (Manteca). Matashin ya ji daɗin wannan waƙar sosai kuma ya zama abin burge shi na shekaru masu zuwa. Ya yi tunanin cewa zai iya zama sanannen mawaƙin kamar gumakansa. Bayan ya yi aiki a soja, ya koma Harlem, yana halartar taron jam.
Mawaƙin ya yi nazarin kayan kida kuma ya sake gano tushensa na Latin. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ya ci gaba da yin wasan kwaikwayon jazz da Latin. A ƙarshen 1940s, Barretto ya sayi ganguna da yawa. Kuma ya fara wasan jam'i bayan sa'o'i a wuraren shakatawa na dare a Harlem da sauransu. Shekaru da yawa ya yi wasa tare da ƙungiyar José Curbelo.
Ray Barretto: Matakai masu mahimmanci na farko
Aikin farko na cikakken lokaci na Barretto shine Eddie Bonnemer na Jazz Combo na Latin. Bayan shekaru biyu na aiki tare da Cuban shugaban kungiyar kiɗa - pianist José Curbelo.
A shekara ta 1957, matashin ɗan wasan kwaikwayo ya maye gurbin Mongo Santamaria a cikin ƙungiyar Tito Puente da dare kafin yin rikodin Dance Mania, kundi na gargajiya kuma sanannen Puente. Bayan shekaru hudu na haɗin gwiwa tare da Puente, mawaƙin ya yi aiki na tsawon watanni hudu tare da Herbie Mann. Damar jagoranci na farko na Barretto ya zo a cikin 1961 tare da Orrin Keepnews (Riverside Records). Ya san Barretto daga aikinsa na jazz. Kuma an halicci charanga ( sarewa da kade-kade na violin). Sakamakon shine kundi na Pachanga Tare da Barretto wanda ya biyo bayan nasarar Latino jam Latino (1962). Charanga Barretto ya samu cikas da ɗan wasan saxophonist José "Chombo" Silva da mai ƙaho Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar. Latino ya ƙunshi descarga (lokacin jam) Cocinando Suave. Barretto ya kira shi kamar haka: "Daya daga cikin wadanda aka rubuta a hankali."
Ray Barretto: Shekaru masu aiki na nasara kerawa
A cikin 1962, Barretto ya fara aiki tare da alamar Tico kuma ya fitar da kundin Charanga Moderna. Waƙar El Watusi ta shiga cikin manyan ginshiƙai 20 na Amurka a cikin 1963 kuma ta sayar da kwafi miliyan. "Bayan El Watusi, ni ba kifi ba ne kuma ba tsuntsu ba ne, ba na Latin mai kyau ba, ko kuma mai fasaha mai kyau," in ji mawaƙin daga baya. Kundinsa takwas na gaba (tsakanin 1963 da 1966) sun bambanta ta hanya kuma ba su yi nasara ta kasuwanci ba.
Ƙimar kiɗa na wasu ayyukansa da aka yi rikodin daga wannan lokacin an yaba su ne kawai bayan shekaru.
Arzikin Barretto ya canza lokacin da ya sanya hannu tare da Fania Records a 1967. Ya watsar da violin na tagulla kuma ya yi R&B da jazz Acid. Godiya ga wannan, ya sami ma fi shahara a tsakanin jama'ar Latin Amurka. A shekara mai zuwa, ya shiga cikin jerin asali na Fania All-Stars.
Albums guda tara na Barretto na gaba (Fania Records) daga 1968 zuwa 1975 sun ma fi nasara. Amma a karshen 1972, ya vocalist daga 1966, Adalberto Santiago, da hudu daga cikin band members bar. Kuma sai suka ƙirƙiri ƙungiyar Típica 73. Kundin Barretto (1975) tare da mawaƙa Ruben Blades da Tito Gomez sun zama tarin mawakan da suka fi siyar. An kuma zabe shi don lambar yabo ta Grammy a 1976. An gane Barretto a matsayin "Mafi kyawun Dan wasan Conga na Shekara" a 1975 da 1976. a zaben mujallu na Latin NY na shekara-shekara.
Barretto ya gaji da wasan kwaikwayo na yau da kullun a gidan rawanin dare. Ya ji cewa kulab din sun dakatar da kirkirarsa, babu gwaje-gwaje. Ya kuma kasance mai raɗaɗi cewa salsa na iya isa ga jama'a masu yawa. A Sabuwar Shekara ta Hauwa'u 1975, ya ba da wasansa na ƙarshe tare da ƙungiyar salsa. Daga nan suka ci gaba da yin waka da sunan Guarare. Sun kuma fitar da albam guda uku: Guarare (1977), Guarare-2 (1979) da Onda Típica (1981).
Ƙirƙiri sabon ƙungiya
Barretto ya yi aiki a cikin salon salon soyayya, ya fito da kundi mai ban sha'awa wanda ba a iya jurewa ba (1989). Saba (wanda kawai ya rera waƙa a kan waƙar Barretto na 1988 da 1989 albums) ya fara aikinsa na solo tare da tarin Necesito Una Mirada Tuya (1990). Tsohon dan wasan gaba na Los Kimy Kimmy Solis ne ya samar da shi. A ranar 30 ga Agusta, 1990, don tunawa da shigarsa cikin kiɗan jazz da kiɗan Latin Amurka, Barretto ya bayyana tare da Adalberto da ɗan ƙaho na Puerto Rican Juancito Torres a bikin karramawar Las 2 Vidas De Ray Barretto a Jami'ar Puerto Rico. A cikin 1991 ya yi aiki tare da kamfanin rikodin Concord Picante don Hannun Hannu.
A cikin 1992, Barretto ya kafa sextet na Ruhun Sabon Duniya. Hannun Hannu (1991), Saƙonnin Magabata (1993) da Taboo (1994) an yi rikodin su don Concord Picante. Sannan kuma Blue Note for Contact (1997). A cikin bita da Mujallar Latin Beat Magazine ta yi, an lura cewa membobin Sabon Ruhun Duniya ƙwararrun mawaƙa ne waɗanda ke wasa a sarari kuma masu hankali. An fassara waƙar Caravan, Poinciana da Serenata da kyau.
A cikin ƙarshen 1990s, Barretto ya rubuta abubuwan haɗin gwiwa tare da Eddie Gomez, Kenny Burrell, Joe Lovano da Steve Turre. Yin rikodin Sabon Ruhun Duniya (2000) shine mafi kyawun aikin na ƙarshen shekarun mai zane.
Bayan shunts biyar, lafiyar mai zane ta tabarbare. Dole ne a dakatar da ayyukan wasan kwaikwayo. Barretto ya mutu a farkon 2006.
Godiya ga yardar mai zane don gwaji, kiɗa ya kasance sabo sama da shekaru 50. Ginell ya ce, "Yayin da ma'aikatan gidan rediyon Ray Barretto suka fi yin rikodi fiye da kowane ma'aikacin lokacinsa," in ji Ginell, "ya kuma jagoranci wasu makada na Latin-jazz masu ci gaba tsawon shekaru." Baya ga jazz da kiɗan Latin Amurka, Barretto ya kuma yi waƙa tare da Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills da Nash. Ko da yake gidan nasa yana Amurka, Barretto ya shahara sosai a Faransa kuma ya ziyarci Turai sau da yawa. A cikin 1999, an haɗa ɗan wasan kwaikwayo a cikin ɗakin kiɗan Latin na Duniya na Fame. Barretto ya kasance babban jigo a haɗe-haɗen kaɗe-kaɗe na jazz da Afro-Cuban, yana haɓaka kiɗan zuwa ga al'ada.
