Ray Barretto - Together '1969

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While Ray Barrettos congas have graced more recording sessions than virtually
any other conguero of his time, he has also led some refreshingly progressive
Latin jazz bands over the decades. His records often have a more tense, more
adventurously eclectic edge than those of most conventional salsa groups,
unafraid to use electronics and novel instrumental or structural combinations,
driven hard by his rocksteady, endlessly flexible percussion work. This no doubt
reflects Barrettos wide range of musical interests and also the fact that he
came to Latin music from jazz, rather than the usual vice versa route for
Latin-descended musicians. Indeed, he has said that he learned how to play
swing-style before he came to master Latin grooves.

On this 1971 release, Ray Barrettos band gives us some of the most hard-hitting
and funkiest Salsa ever recorded. The straight-ahead guarachas Adiviname Y
Olvidate, Vive Y Vacila and De Donde Vengo are Barretto masterpieces which are
handled superbly by the legendary and golden-voiced sonero Adalberto Santiago
while theupbeat son montunos Invitacion Al Son and Hipocresia Y Falsedad are
very much tipico-flavored and very tough but classy. 

Tracklist:
 01. Ray Barretto - Together (02:39)
 02. Ray Barretto - Adiviname y Olvídate (03:59)
 03. Ray Barretto - Hipocrecía y Falsedad (04:56)
 04. Ray Barretto - No Olvido a Caracas (03:52)
 05. Ray Barretto - De Donde Vengo (03:35)
 06. Ray Barretto - Vive y Vacila (03:54)
 07. Ray Barretto - Invitación al Son (06:30)
 08. Ray Barretto - Tin Tin Deo (08:22)

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