Like Tito Puente before him, Ray Barretto is one of the all-time greatest "Soul Drummers" of them all. He gave us the "El Watusi" in 1961, "Senor 007" in 1969 and this gem in 1967. The music emanated from el barrio, the South Bronx and Spanish Harlem in New York City, via the then-fledgling Latin record labels like Tico and Fania. Like Rap music in the early 1980s, this music … [Read more...] about Song Of The Day- “Soul Drummers” by Ray Barretto
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Song of the Day – “Soul Drummers” by Ray Barretto
Song of the Day by Eric Berman - "Soul Drummers" by Ray Barretto Like Tito Puente before him, Ray Barretto is one of the all-time greatest "Soul Drummers" of them all. He gave us the "El Watusi" in 1961, "Senor 007" in 1969 and this gem in 1967. The music emanated from el barrio, the South Bronx and Spanish Harlem in New York City, via the then-fledgling Latin record labels … [Read more...] about Song of the Day – “Soul Drummers” by Ray Barretto