Ray Barretto - My Best (Remastered) (2019)
Artist: Ray Barretto
Title: My Best (Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Universal Digital Enterprises
Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 06:19:38
Total Size: 894 mb | 2.2 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:Title: My Best (Remastered)
Year Of Release: 2019
Label: Universal Digital Enterprises
Genre: Jazz, Latin Jazz
Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
Total Time: 06:19:38
Total Size: 894 mb | 2.2 gb
WebSite: Album Preview
CD1
[05:07] 1. Ray Barretto - Acid (Remastered)
[02:38] 2. Ray Barretto - El Watusi (Remastered)
[03:16] 3. Ray Barretto - Margie (Remastered)
[04:13] 4. Ray Barretto - Indestructible (Remastered)
[04:28] 5. Ray Barretto - Quitate la Mascara (Remastered)
[06:12] 6. Ray Barretto - Trompeta y Trombón (Remastered)
[02:47] 7. Ray Barretto - Teresita (Remastered)
[02:12] 8. Ray Barretto - More (Remastered)
[02:55] 9. Ray Barretto - Summertime (Remastered)
[03:04] 10. Ray Barretto - Barretto en la Tumbadora (Remastered)
[02:50] 11. Ray Barretto - El Paso (Remastered)
[02:28] 12. Ray Barretto - La Moderna (Remastered)
[02:27] 13. Ray Barretto - Los Pollitos (Remastered)
[02:32] 14. Ray Barretto - A Walkin' Miracle (Remastered)
[02:51] 15. Ray Barretto - Chihuahua (Remastered)
[05:02] 16. Ray Barretto - El Hijo de Obatala (Remastered)
[08:58] 17. Ray Barretto - Hip Tip (Remastered)
[05:34] 18. Ray Barretto - Lucretia the Cat (Remastered)
[05:28] 19. Ray Barretto - Que Viva la Musica (Remastered)
[02:52] 20. Ray Barretto - Aprieta el Pollo (Remastered)
[03:14] 21. Ray Barretto - Estoy Siempre Junto a Tí (Remastered)
[03:04] 22. Ray Barretto - Linda Mulata (Remastered)
[04:24] 23. Ray Barretto - Manha de Carnaval (Remastered)
[04:50] 24. Ray Barretto - Abidjan (Remastered)
[05:05] 25. Ray Barretto - Cocinando (Remastered)
[03:39] 26. Ray Barretto - El Picor (Remastered)
[03:48] 27. Ray Barretto - Hong Kong Mambo (Remastered)
[02:48] 28. Ray Barretto - Mambo Gozón (Remastered)
[03:14] 29. Ray Barretto - Rareza en Guajira (Remastered)
[05:26] 30. Ray Barretto - Canadian Sunset (Remastered)
[03:16] 31. Ray Barretto - Guajira y Tambo (Remastered)
[03:14] 32. Ray Barretto - Llegó Miján (Remastered)
[02:59] 33. Ray Barretto - Masabi (Remastered)
[04:11] 34. Ray Barretto - Aguadilla (Remastered)
[04:19] 35. Ray Barretto - Descarga Criolla (Remastered)
[01:53] 36. Ray Barretto - Enamorado (Remastered)
[03:10] 37. Ray Barretto - Hucklebuck (Remastered)
[05:12] 38. Ray Barretto - Manos Duras (Remastered)
[02:42] 39. Ray Barretto - Right On (Remastered)
[03:48] 40. Ray Barretto - Close Your Eyes (Remastered)
[03:42] 41. Ray Barretto - Hojas Secas (Remastered)
[03:10] 42. Ray Barretto - Los Cueros (Remastered)
[02:30] 43. Ray Barretto - Mira Que Linda (Remastered)
[05:16] 44. Ray Barretto - Arrepientete (Remastered)
[05:24] 45. Ray Barretto - Confirmation (Remastered)
[05:00] 46. Ray Barretto - Fuego y Pa'lante (Remastered)
[01:50] 47. Ray Barretto - If I Had a Hammer (Remastered)
[04:02] 48. Ray Barretto - Maracaibo (Remastered)
[02:56] 49. Ray Barretto - Ritmo Sabroso (Remastered)
[06:00] 50. Ray Barretto - Cocinando Suave (Remastered)
[02:30] 51. Ray Barretto - La Juventud (Remastered)
[03:23] 52. Ray Barretto - Sugar's Delight (Remastered)
CD2
[02:57] 1. Ray Barretto - Agua Limpia Todo (Remastered)
[02:13] 2. Ray Barretto - Swingin' Shepherd Blues (Remastered)
[02:45] 3. Ray Barretto - Oye Heck (Remastered)
[02:09] 4. Ray Barretto - Babalu (Remastered)
[03:22] 5. Ray Barretto - Despójate (Remastered)
[04:38] 6. Ray Barretto - Fuerza Gigante (Remastered)
[02:10] 7. Ray Barretto - If You Wanna Be Happy (Remastered)
[04:13] 8. Ray Barretto - Tu Propio Dolor (Remastered)
[03:48] 9. Ray Barretto - Salsa y Dulzura (Remastered)
[02:50] 10. Ray Barretto - Cumbamba (Remastered)
[02:47] 11. Ray Barretto - Wipeout (Remastered)
[04:04] 12. Ray Barretto - Yo Soy la Candela (Remastered)
[02:55] 13. Ray Barretto - Pachanga Oriental (Remastered)
[04:58] 14. Ray Barretto - Blue Ammons (Remastered)
[03:00] 15. Ray Barretto - Deuda (Remastered)
[04:18] 16. Ray Barretto - Guaguanco Bonito (Remastered)
[02:43] 17. Ray Barretto - La Múcura (Remastered)
[08:21] 18. Ray Barretto - Mr Wondeful (Remastered)
[03:35] 19. Ray Barretto - Savoy (Remastered)
[04:26] 20. Ray Barretto - Descarga la Moderna (Remastered)
[02:37] 21. Ray Barretto - Together (Remastered)
[04:21] 22. Ray Barretto - Vale Mas un Guaguanco (Remastered)
[02:56] 23. Ray Barretto - Pachanga para Bailar (Remastered)
[05:19] 24. Ray Barretto - Bogaloo Con Soul (Remastered)
[02:27] 25. Ray Barretto - Do You Dig It (Remastered)
[05:36] 26. Ray Barretto - Guarare (Remastered)
[04:16] 27. Ray Barretto - La Pelota (Remastered)
[02:47] 28. Ray Barretto - Oye Heck II (Remastered)
[02:13] 29. Ray Barretto - Señor 007 (Remastered)
[02:41] 30. Ray Barretto - El Borracho (Remastered)
[05:20] 31. Ray Barretto - Exodus (Remastered)
[04:56] 32. Ray Barretto - Hipocrecia y Falsedad (Remastered)
[03:41] 33. Ray Barretto - Pachanga Suavecito (Remastered)
[03:29] 34. Ray Barretto - Bruca Manigua (Remastered)
[01:43] 35. Ray Barretto - Easier Said Than Done (Remastered)
[02:24] 36. Ray Barretto - Happy Birthday Everybody (Remastered)
[03:53] 37. Ray Barretto - Llanto de Cocodrilo (Remastered)
[05:27] 38. Ray Barretto - Oye la Noticia (Remastered)
[02:23] 39. Ray Barretto - So Much in Love (Remastered)
[02:43] 40. Ray Barretto - El Camino (Remastered)
[02:52] 41. Ray Barretto - Varsity Drag (Remastered)
[05:13] 42. Ray Barretto - Vine Pa Echar Candela (Remastered)
[04:00] 43. Ray Barretto - Ponte Dura (Remastered)
[01:55] 44. Ray Barretto - Can't Get Used to Losing You (Remastered)
[02:39] 45. Ray Barretto - El Guajiro Man (Remastered)
[02:29] 46. Ray Barretto - Hard Hands (Remastered)
[03:11] 47. Ray Barretto - Los Cueros II (Remastered)
[06:13] 48. Ray Barretto - Prestame Tu Mujer (Remastered)
[03:49] 49. Ray Barretto - Soul Drummers (Remastered)
[05:55] 50. Ray Barretto - El Negro y Ray (Remastered)
While Ray Barretto's congas have graced more recording sessions than virtually any other conguero of his time, he has also led some refreshingly progressive Latin jazz bands over the decades. His records often have a more tense, more adventurously eclectic edge than those of most conventional salsa groups, unafraid to use electronics and novel instrumental or structural combinations, driven hard by his rocksteady, endlessly flexible percussion work. This no doubt reflects Barretto's wide range of musical interests and also the fact that he came to Latin music from jazz, rather than the usual vice versa route for Latin-descended musicians. Indeed, he has said that he learned how to play swing-style before he came to master Latin grooves. Puerto Rican by extraction, Barretto took up the congas while stationed in Germany during an Army hitch. He began working with American jazz musicians upon his return to New York, eventually replacing Mongo Santamaria in the Tito Puente band for four years, beginning in the late '50s. Barretto made his debut as a leader for Riverside in 1962 and scored a crossover hit (number 17 on the pop charts) the following year on Tico with "El Watusi" (in tandem with a dance craze of the time). He tried to modernize the charanga sound with injections of brass, covering rock and pop tunes of the time as several Latin artists did then. However, Barretto made his main mark in the '60s as a super session player, playing on albums by Gene Ammons, Cannonball Adderley, Kenny Burrell, Lou Donaldson, Red Garland, Dizzy Gillespie, Freddie Hubbard, Wes Montgomery, Cal Tjader, and several other jazz and pop albums. In moving over to the Fania label in 1967, Barretto began to achieve recognition as one of the leading Latin jazz artists of the day, eventually becoming music director of the Fania All-Stars. In the '70s, he was incorporating rock and funk influences into his music -- with only limited success -- while recording for Atlantic, and in 1981, he made a highly regarded album for CTI La Cuna, with Puente, Joe Farrell, and Charlie Palmieri as guest players. He became music director of the Bravisimo television program and took part in the multi-idiom, all-star, anti-apartheid Sun City recording and video in 1985. In 1992, he unveiled a new Latin jazz sextet, New World Spirit, which made some absorbingly unpredictable albums for Concord Picante.