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Ray Barretto

real name Raymundo Barretto Pagán

Brooklyn, United States · 1929-04-29 – 2006-02-17

Ray Barretto is credited on 3,377 releases across 610 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1957–2025 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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3,377

Credits

610

Albums

8

Decades active

485

In collections

Biography

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American conga player, drummer, percussionist, bandleader, composer and producer. Father of
Member of Tito Puente's orchestra from 1957 to 1960, he formed his own orchestra in 1961. Highly demanded session musician for labels like Prestige, Blue Note, Riverside and Columbia and member of Fania All Stars.
Inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1999.
Born 29 April 1929 in New York City, New York
Died 17 February 2006 in Hackensack, New Jersey.

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Credited work

3,377 releases · 610 albums · active 1957–2025

  • Performance · 4,589
  • Production · 388
  • Other credits · 227
  • Engineering · 38
  • Mastering · 9

Studios: Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey · Good Vibrations Sound Studios · Electric Lady Studios · Trident Studios

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