Ray Barretto bụ onye egwu ama ama, onye na-eme ihe nkiri na onye na-ede egwú bụ onye nyochaworo ma gbasaa ohere nke jazz Afro-Cuban ruo ihe karịrị afọ iri ise. Onye meriri nturu ugo Grammy na Celia Cruz maka Ritmo En El Corazon, International Hall of Fame inductee. Na otutu onye meriri n'asọmpi "Musician of the Year", onye meriri na nhọpụta "Best Conga Performer". Barretto akwụsịghị ebe ahụ. Ọ na-agbalị mgbe niile ọ bụghị naanị ime ihe dị ụtọ, kamakwa iju ndị na-ege ntị anya na ụdị arụmọrụ ọhụrụ na ụdị egwu egwu.
N'afọ 1950, o webatara conga drum maka bebop. Na n'afọ ndị 1960, ọ gbasaa ụda salsa. N'otu oge ahụ, ọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike dị ka onye na-agụ egwú nnọkọ. N'afọ ndị 1970 ọ malitere ịnwale na ngwakọta. Na n'afọ 1980, ọ mụtara egwu na jazz Latin America nke ọma. Barretto kere otu mmụọ ọhụrụ nke ụwa. A maara ya maka ịma mma ya na-enweghị atụ na ụdị conga siri ike. Onye na-ese ihe ghọrọ otu n'ime ndị isi egwu egwu kachasị ama na egwu Latin.
Na-eme ihe nkiri sitere na salsa ruo Latin jazz, o meela na ọkwa ndị ama ama n'ụwa niile.
Ụmụaka na nwata
A mụrụ Barretto na Brooklyn, New York, ma tolite na Spanish Harlem. N'oge ọ na-agụ akwụkwọ, ọ nwere mmasị na Latin America na nnukwu ìgwè egwu. N'ụbọchị ahụ, nne ya na-egwu ihe ndekọ Puerto Rican. N'abalị, mgbe nne ya gara klas, ọ na-ege jazz ntị. Ọ hụrụ ụda Glenn Miller n'anya, Tommy Dorsey na Harry James na redio. Iji gbanarị ịda ogbenye na Spanish Harlem, Barretto malitere ije ozi na ndị agha mgbe ọ dị afọ 17 (Germany). N'ebe ahụ, ọ nụrụ nchikota nke Latin rhythms na jazz na egwu Dizzy Gillespie (Manteca). Nwa okorobịa ahụ nwere mmasị na egwu a n'ezie ma bụrụ ihe mkpali ya maka afọ ndị sochirinụ. O chere na ya nwere ike ịghọ onye na-agụ egwú a ma ama dị ka arụsị ya. Mgbe ọrụ agha ya gasịrị, ọ laghachiri Harlem ma gaa nnọkọ jam.
Onye na-ese ihe mụtara ngwá egwú ma chọpụtakwa mgbọrọgwụ Latịn ya. Kemgbe ahụ, ọ nọgidere na-eme ihe n'ụdị jazz na Latin. N'ọgwụgwụ 1940s, Barretto zụtara ọtụtụ ịgbà conga. Ma ọ malitere igwu egwu nnọkọ jam mgbe awa gasịrị na ụlọ oriri na ọṅụṅụ na Harlem na ebe ndị ọzọ ka ọ na-etolite ụdị nke ya, ya na Parker na Gillespie na-akpakọrịta. Ruo ọtụtụ afọ, ya na ndị otu Jose Curbelo na-egwuri egwu.
Ray Barretto: Nzọụkwụ mbụ dị mkpa
Ọrụ oge mbụ Barretto bụ ya na Eddie Bonnemer's Latin Jazz Combo. Nke a sochiri afọ abụọ nke ọrụ ya na onye ndu Cuban nke otu egwu egwu, onye pianist Jose Curbelo.
N'afọ 1957, onye na-eto eto na-ese ihe nọchiri Mongo Santamaria na Tito Puente band n'abalị tupu ndekọ nke Dance Mania, Puente's classic and best-rese album. Mgbe afọ anọ nke mmekorita ya na Puente gasịrị, onye na-egwu egwu na Herbie Mann rụrụ ọrụ ọnwa anọ. Barretto nwere ohere mbụ ya ịghọ onye ndu na 1961 ekele Orrin Keepnews (Riverside Records). Ọ maara Barretto n'ọrụ jazz ya. Na charanga (ọjà na violin ndị egwú). Nsonaazụ bụ album Pachanga With Barretto, nke Latin jam Latino na-aga nke ọma sochiri ya (1962). Charanga nke Barretto bụ onye tenor saxophonist José "Chombo" Silva na onye opi Alejandro "El Negro" Vivar kwadoro. Latino nwere descarga (mgbakọ jam) nke Cocinando Suave. Barretto kpọrọ ya: "Otu n'ime ndị e dekọrọ nwayọ."
Ray Barretto: Afọ arụ ọrụ nke mmepụta ihe na-aga nke ọma
Na 1962, Barretto malitere ịrụ ọrụ na akara Tico wee wepụta album Charanga Moderna. Egwu El Watusi banyere n'elu 20 nke chaatị ndị US pop na 1963 wee ree ọtụtụ nde nde. "Mgbe El Watusi gachara, abụghị m azụ ma ọ bụ anụ ufe, ma ọ bụ ezigbo onye na-ese ihe na Latin, ma ọ bụ ezigbo onye na-ese pop," ka onye na-egwu egwu mechara kwuo. Ndekọ asatọ ya na-esote (n'etiti 1963 na 1966) dị iche iche na ntụzịaka na enweghị ihe ịga nke ọma n'ahịa.
Uru egwu nke ụfọdụ n'ime ọrụ ndekọ ya sitere na oge a ka enwere ekele maka afọ ole na ole gachara.
Akụ na ụba Barretto gbanwere mgbe ọ bịanyere aka na Fania Records na 1967. Ọ hapụrụ violin maka ngwa ọla ma mee Acid n'ụdị R&B na jazz. N'ihi nke a, ọ nwere mmasị ọbụna karị n'etiti ọha na eze Latin America. N'afọ sochirinụ, ọ sonyeere Fania All-Stars mbụ.
Ndekọ itoolu Barretto na-esote (Fania Records) site na 1968 ruo 1975 enwekwara ihe ịga nke ọma karịa. Mana na njedebe nke 1972, onye na-agụ ya kemgbe 1966, Adalberto Santiago na ndị otu egwuregwu anọ hapụrụ. Mgbe ahụ, ha mepụtara otu Típica 73. Album Barretto (1975) ya na ndị na-agụ egwú Ruben Blades na Tito Gomez ghọrọ nchịkọta ndị na-ere egwú kasị mma. Ahọpụtakwara ya maka ihe nrite Grammy na 1976. A họpụtara Barretto "Best Conga Singer of the Year" na 1975 na 1976. na ntuli aka nke akwụkwọ akụkọ Latin NY kwa afọ.
Barretto gwụla ike egwu egwu egwu abalị kwa ụbọchị. O chere na klọb ahụ kwụsịrị imepụta ihe ya, ọ nweghị nnwale. O nwekwaghị obi abụọ banyere otú salsa ga-esi ruo ọtụtụ ndị na-ege ntị. Na New Year's Eve 1975, o nyere otu salsa ọrụ ikpeazụ ya. Ha gara n'ihu na-eme egwu n'aha Guarare. Ha wepụtakwara ọba atọ: Guarare (1977), Guarare-2 (1979) na Onda Típica (1981).
Mepụta otu ọhụrụ
Barretto rụrụ ọrụ n'ụdị salsa-romantic wee wepụta album na-ewu ewu na-ewu ewu bụ Irresistible (1989). Saba (onye bụrụ naanị egwu na ọba Barretto's 1988 na 1989) malitere ọrụ solo ya na ọba mkpokọta Necesito Una Mirada Tuya (1990). Ọ bụ onye bụbu onye ndu Los Kimy bụ Kimmy Solis mepụtara ya. Na August 30, 1990, iji cheta ntinye aka ya na egwu jazz na Latin, Barretto pụtara na Adalberto na onye opi Puerto Rican Juancito Torres na Las 2 Vidas De Ray Barretto tribute concert na Mahadum Puerto Rico. Na 1991, ọ rụrụ ọrụ na ụlọ ọrụ ndekọ Concord Picante maka Handprints.
Na 1992, Barretto kere sextet New World Spirit. Ederede aka (1991), Ozi nna ochie (1993) na Taboo (1994) maka Concord Picante. Na mgbe ahụ Blue Note for Contact (1997). Ntụleghachi na Latin Beat Magazine kwuru na ndị otu New World Spirit bụ ndị egwu siri ike na-egwu solos doro anya ma nwee ọgụgụ isi. A tụgharịrị egwu Caravan, Poinciana na Serenata nke ọma.
N'ọgwụgwụ 1990s, Barretto dekọtara egwu ya na Eddie Gomez, Kenny Burrell, Joe Lovano na Steve Turre. Ndekọ nke New World Spirit (2000) bụ ọrụ kachasị mma nke afọ ndị na-ese ihe.
Mgbe ịwachara ahụ ugboro ise, ahụike onye na-ese ihe dara njọ. Ekwesịrị ịkwụsịtụ ihe omume egwu. Ná mmalite 2006, Barretto nwụrụ.
N'ihi njikere onye na-ese ihe nwere ịnwale, egwu dị ọhụrụ kemgbe ihe karịrị afọ 50. Ginell kwuru, sị: “Ọ bụ ezie na congas Ray Barretto nwere ọtụtụ nnọkọ ndekọ aha karịa ihe fọrọ nke nta ka ọ bụrụ ndị egwuregwu oge ya ọ bụla, o durukwa ụfọdụ òtù Latin-jazz na-aga n'ihu ruo ọtụtụ iri afọ.” Na mgbakwunye na egwu jazz na Latin, Barretto ejirila Bee Gees, The Rolling Stones, Crosby, Stills na Nash dekọọ egwu. Ọ bụ ezie na ebe obibi ya dị na United States, Barretto bụ onye a ma ama na France ma gaa Europe ọtụtụ oge. Na 1999, onye na-ese ihe gụnyere na International Latin Music Hall of Fame. Barretto bụ onye bụ isi na nchikota jazz na Afro-Cuban rhythms, na-emepe egwu a na-emekarị.