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Ray Barretto was an American conga player, drummer, percussionist, bandleader, composer, and producer. Born on April 29, 1929, in New York City, New York, he was a highly sought-after session musician for labels such as Prestige, Blue Note, Riverside, and Columbia. Barretto was a member of an orchestra from 1957 to 1960 before forming his own orchestra in 1961. He was inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 1999. Ray Barretto passed away on February 17, 2006, in Hackensack, New Jersey.

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