Ray Barretto muimbi ane mukurumbira, mutambi uye muimbi akaongorora nekuwedzera mikana yeAfro-Cuban jazz kweanopfuura makumi mashanu emakore. Grammy Award akahwina naCelia Cruz weRitmo En El Corazon, International Latin Hall of Fame inductee. Uye zvakare akahwina akawanda mumakwikwi e "Muimbi weGore", anokunda mukusarudzwa kwe "Best Conga Performer". Barretto haana kumbomira ipapo. Aigara achiedza kwete kufadza chete, asiwo kushamisa vateereri nemhando itsva dzekuita uye mimhanzi.
Mumakore ekuma1950, akaunza madhiramu econga ebebop. Uye muma1960, akaparadzira manzwi e salsa. Panguva imwe cheteyo, akanga ane purogiramu yakabatikana semuimbi wechikamu. Mumakore ekuma1970 akatanga kuedza nefusion. Uye muma1980 akabudirira kugona mumhanzi weLatin America nejazz. Barretto akagadzira boka rinotyisa reNew World Spirit. Iye anozivikanwa nekusagona kwake swing uye ine simba conga maitiro. Muimbi uyu akazova mumwe wevatungamiriri veorchestra vane mukurumbira mumimhanzi yechiLatin.
Achiita nziyo dzinobva kusalsa kuenda kuLatin jazz, akatamba pamatanho ane mukurumbira pasi rose.
Ubwana uye huduku
Barretto akaberekerwa muBrooklyn, New York, uye akakurira muSpanish Harlem. Mumakore ake echikoro, aifarira Latin America uye mimhanzi huru yebhendi. Masikati, amai vake vakatamba zvinyorwa zvePuerto Rican. Uye usiku, apo amai vake vakaenda kukirasi, aiteerera jazz. Akadanana nemanzwi aGlenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey naHarry James paredhiyo. Kuti atize urombo muSpanish Harlem, Barretto akatanga kushanda muchiuto paaiva nemakore 17 (Germany). Ikoko akatanga kunzwa kusanganiswa kweLatin rhythms uye jazz mumhanzi weDizzy Gillespie (Manteca). Murume wechidiki aifarira chaizvo mumhanzi uyu uye akazova kurudziro yake kwemakore akatevera. Akafunga kuti aigona kuva muimbi ane mukurumbira sezvidhori zvake. Pashure pebasa rake rechiuto, akadzokera kuHarlem ndokupinda misangano yejam.
Nyanzvi yakadzidza zviridzwa zvinoridzwa uye akawanazve midzi yake yechiLatin. Kubva ipapo, akaenderera mberi nekuita mune ese jazz uye Latin masitaera. Mukupera kwema1940, Barretto akatenga madhiramu akawanda econga. Uye akatanga kutamba mitambo yejam mushure memaawa mumakirabhu ehusiku muHarlem nekumwewo.Achiri kugadzira maitiro ake ega, akadyidzana naParker naGillespie. Kwemakore akati wandei akatamba neboka raJose Curbelo.
Ray Barretto: Kutanga matanho akakomba
Basa rekutanga raBarretto rakazara raive naEddie Bonnemer's Latin Jazz Combo. Izvi zvakateverwa nemakore maviri ekushanda nemutungamiri weCuba weboka remimhanzi, piano Jose Curbelo.
Muna 1957, muimbi wechidiki uyu akatsiva Mongo Santamaria mubhendi raTito Puente husiku hwakatangira kurekodhwa kweDance Mania, dambarefu raPuente rekare uye rinotengeswa zvakanyanya. Mushure memakore mana ekubatana naPuente, muimbi akashanda kwemwedzi mina naHerbie Mann. Barretto akawana mukana wake wekutanga wekuva mutungamiri muna 1961 nekuda kweOrrin Keepnews (Riverside Records). Aiziva Barretto kubva kubasa rake rejazi. Uye charanga (nyere uye violin orchestra) yakagadzirwa. Mhedzisiro yacho yaive iyo album Pachanga With Barretto, ichiteverwa neyakabudirira Latin jam Latino (1962). Barretto's Charanga akazadzikiswa ne tenor saxophonist José "Chombo" Silva na trumpeter Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar. Latino yanga ine descarga (jam session) yeCocinando Suave. Barretto akazvidana kuti: "Imwe yeayo akarekodhwa zvishoma nezvishoma."
Ray Barretto: Makore anoshanda ekubudirira kwekugadzira
Muna 1962, Barretto akatanga kushanda neTico label uye akaburitsa dambarefu rekuti Charanga Moderna. Iyo track El Watusi yakapinda pamusoro makumi maviri eUS pop charts muna 20 uye yakatengesa mamirioni emakopi. “Pashure peEl Watusi, ndakanga ndisiri hove kana shiri, kana kuti muimbi akanaka wechiLatin, kana kuti muimbi akanaka wepop,” akadaro muimbi gare gare. Maalbhamu ake masere akatevera (pakati pe1963 na1963) aive akasiyana munzira uye aive asina kubudirira mune zvekutengesa.
Kukodzera kwemimhanzi yemamwe emabasa ake akarekodhwa kubva panguva ino kwakakosheswa makore gare gare.
Rombo raBarretto rakachinja paakasaina neFania Records muna 1967. Akasiya maviolin ezviridzwa zvendarira ndokugadzira Acid muchimiro cheR&B nejazz. Nekuda kweizvi, akanakidzwa zvakanyanya nemukurumbira pakati peruzhinji rweLatin America. Gore rakatevera racho, akabatana neFania All-Stars yekutanga.
Mabhuku mapfumbamwe aBarretto (Fania Records) kubva 1968 kusvika 1975. zvakatonyanya kubudirira. Asi pakupera kwa1972, muimbi wayo kubvira 1966, Adalberto Santiago, uye nhengo ina dzebhendi dzakasiya. Uye vakabva vagadzira boka reTípica 73. The album Barretto (1975) nevaimbi Ruben Blades naTito Gomez rakave muunganidzwa wemuimbi wakatengeswa zvakanyanya. Akasarudzwawo kuti ave mubairo weGrammy muna 1976. Barretto akavhoterwa "Best Conga Singer of the Year" muna 1975 na1976. muLatin NY magazini yegore negore poll.
Barretto aive aneta nemagigi emazuva ese ekirabhu. Akanzwa kuti makirabhu akadzvinyirira hunyanzvi hwake, pakanga pasina kuyedza. Aivewo asina tariro nezvekuti salsa yaigona sei kusvika kune vanhu vakawanda. PaZuva reGore Idzva 1975, akapa mutambo wake wekupedzisira neboka resalsa. Vakabva vaenderera mberi nekutamba vachipa zita rekuti Guarare. Vakaburitsawo maAlbum matatu: Guarare (1977), Guarare-2 (1979) uye Onda Típica (1981).
Gadzira boka idzva
Barretto akashanda mu salsa-romantic style uye akaburitsa risinganyanyi kufarirwa album Irresistible (1989). Saba (uyo aingoimba chorus pamaalbum aBarretto a1988 na1989) akatanga basa rake ega nerwiyo rwekuunganidza Necesito Una Mirada Tuya (1990). Yakagadzirwa neaimbova mutungamiri weLos Kimy Kimmy Solis. Musi waNyamavhuvhu 30, 1990, kurangarira kupinda kwake mumhanzi wejazi uye wechiLatin, Barretto akaoneka naAdalberto uye muimbi wehwamanda wekuPuerto Rican Juancito Torres paLas 2 Vidas De Ray Barretto konsati yemutero paYunivhesiti yePuerto Rico. Muna 1991, akashanda nekambani yeConcord Picante rekodhi yeHandprints.
Muna 1992, Barretto akagadzira sextet New World Spirit. Handprints (1991), Ancestrial Messages (1993) uye Taboo (1994) dzakarekodwa kuConcord Picante. Uyezve Blue Note yeKubata (1997). Ongororo muLatin Beat Magazine yakaratidza kuti nhengo dzeNew World Spirit vaimbi vakasimba vanoridza solo dzakajeka uye dzakangwara. Mimhanzi Caravan, Poinciana naSerenata yakaturikirwa zvinoyevedza.
Mukupera kwema1990, Barretto akarekodha nziyo naEddie Gomez, Kenny Burrell, Joe Lovano naSteve Turre. Kurekodhwa kweNew World Spirit (2000) yaive purojekiti yakanakisa yemakore achangopfuura emuimbi.
Mushure mekuvhiyiwa kashanu, hutano hwemuimbi hwakadzikira. Mabasa ekonzati aifanira kumiswa. Mukutanga kwa2006, Barretto akafa.
Nemhaka yekuda kwemuimbi kuedza, mimhanzi yave iri itsva kwemakore anopfuura 50. “Kunyange zvazvo kongas yaRay Barretto yainyanya kurekodha kupfuura chero ipi zvayo yenguva yake,” Ginell akadaro, “akatungamirirawo mamwe mapoka eLatin-jazz anofambira mberi mumakumi emakore.” Pamusoro pemumhanzi wejazz neLatin, Barretto akarekodhawo nziyo neBee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills naNash. Kunyange zvazvo imba yake yaiva muUnited States, Barretto akanga akakurumbira zvikuru muFrance uye akashanyira Europe kakawanda. Muna 1999, muimbi akaverengerwa muInternational Latin Music Hall of Fame. Barretto aive munhu mukuru mumubatanidzwa wejazz neAfro-Cuban rhythms, achivandudza mimhanzi kuti ienderere mberi.
