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Louis Cruz

Together

By Ray Barretto

Label: Craft Recordings
Released: 2025
Track listing: Together; Adiviname y Olvidate; Hipocresia y Falsedad; No Olvido a Caracas; De Donde Vengo; Vive y Vacila; Invitacion al Son; Tin Tin Deo.

Ray Barretto: Together

by C. Andrew Hovan
December 30, 2025

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 drum into the standard jazz combo. His unmistakable touch can be heard throughout the early 1960s on a string ...