Like the drug itself, Acid had a mind-expanding influence on everyone, allowing for a far more adventurous and eclectic edge to slip into New York's Latin music scene. A lot less psychedelic than its ...
Ray’s ashes will be divided and scattered over New York and Puerto Rico–fitting for a man whose double life bridged Latinamericana and jazz. The Barretto family is naming a foundation to help ...
HACKENSACK, N.J. -- Ray Barretto, a Grammy-winning Latin jazz percussionist known for integrating the conga drum into jazz, died Friday, officials said. He was 76. Barretto had undergone heart bypass ...