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...like chair umpires? Octavio Barretto NEW BERLIN...
DIED. RAY BARRETTO, 76, Grammy-winning "godfather" of Latin jazz; in Hackensack, N.J. Renowned for integrating the conga into jazz, he decided to become a musician after hearing a Dizzy Gillespie recording featuring Cuban percussionist Chano Pozo. In 1961 Barretto recorded the boogaloo tune El Watusi, among the few Latin jazz songs to hit the Billboard charts. Named a Jazz Master by the National Endowment for the Arts, he formed a decades-long partnership with the Latin pop label Fania, where he popularized salsa music...
...original concept for a single and a dance remix has become a mini-LP of material. Among the tracks: a coruscating jazz version of Sun City by Davis, Keyboardist Herbie Hancock, Bass Player Ron Carter and Drummer Tony Williams; a free-flowing political, rhythmic stream of consciousness by Ray Barretto, Peter Wolf, Rapper Grandmaster Melle Mel and Soweto's Malopoets; and a meditation by Progressive Rock Wizard Peter Gabriel...
JOAQUIN A. BARRETTO Manila, Philippines...
...Hartwell, Worcester; David L. Hedberg, Worcester; Ronald E. Huebsch, Darien, Conn.; John J. McNamara, Jr., Boston; John B. Millard Newton; Donald J. Mulvey, Andover, Philip G. Pratt, Windsor, Conn.; Marvin Sandler, Brooklyn; Robert M. Stroud St. Louis, Mo.; Richard C. Wheeler Peabody; Ralph L. Zani, Worcester Thomas L. Barretto, Manager, Newton...