As of this writing, it has been more than 20 years since we lost the great conguero Ray Barretto. A native New Yorker of Puerto Rican descent, Barretto was among the first musicians to bring the conga ...

Few would argue that a prime place to start in a new or renewed appreciation of Ray Barretto would have to be 1972’s Que Viva La Music, with Craft’s recent 50th Anniversary edition pushing all the ...

The family of Ray Barretto, a Grammy-winning Latin jazz percussionist who died last week at age 76, has established a foundation in his honor to help musicians without medical or life insurance, ...

Program from the weekly radio documentary series, Jazz profiles, chronicling the people, places, and themes in jazz. Combines interviews, archival recordings, music, and narration (music-to-talk ratio ...

Craft Recordings leads RSD Black Friday 2025 with nine exclusive vinyl releases, from Vince Guaraldi’s A Charlie Brown Christmas to Ray Barretto’s Together and more at indie record stores November 28.

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