Ray Barretto – La Cuna
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Congas, Percussion – Ray Barretto
Vocals – Willy Torres (B2)
Tenor Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone, Flute – Joe Farrell
Drums – Mark Craney, Steve Gadd
Bass – Francisco Centeno
Guitar – John Tropea
Percussion – Charlie Palmieri
Piano – Carlos Franzetti, Charlie Palmieri
Synthesizer programmed by Suzanne Ciani
Synthesizer by Jeremy Wall
Timbales – Tito Puente
Arranged by Carlos Franzetti (A3), Jeremy Wall
Written by Howard Schneider (A1), Jeremy Wall (A2), Carlos Franzetti (A3), Modeste Mussourgsky (B1), Stevie Wonder (B2)
1 LP, standard sleeve
Original Master Tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : Pallas
Label : Speakers Corner
Original Label : CTI Records
Recorded August 1979 at Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA
Engineered by Rudy Van Gelder
Mixed by Neil Dorfsman
Produced by Creed Taylor
Mastered by Rudy Van Gelder
Design by Jonathan Andrews
Photography by Creed Taylor, Jr.
Originally released in August, 1979
Reissued in 2017
Tracks :
Side A:
1. La Cuna
2. Doloroso
3. Mambotango
Side B:
1. The Old Castle
2. Pastime Paradise
Reviews:
"Producer Creed Taylor has inspired everything from praise to anger among jazz fans. His work has been brilliant at times, detrimental at others (his worst flaw being a tendency to overproduce). Taylor plays a mostly positive role on La Cuna, a jazz-oriented effort uniting Ray Barretto with such first-class talent as Tito Puente (timbales) and the late Joe Farrell (tenor & soprano sax, flute). As slick as things get at times on La Cuna, Taylor wisely gives the players room to blow on everything from the haunting "Doloroso" and the driving "Cocinando" (a piece by Carlos Franzetti that shouldn't be confused with Barretto's major salsa/cha-cha hit) to a somewhat Gato Barbieri-ish take on Mussorgsky's "The Old Castle." Barretto successfully moves into soul territory on Stevie Wonder's "Pastime Paradise" (which rapper Coolio recast as his hit "Gangsta's Paradise" in 1994). Barretto may hate the term "Latin jazz," but make no mistake: La Cuna is one of his most memorable contributions to that genre." AllMusic review by Alex Henderson
Rating :
Discogs : 4.78 / 5 ; AllMusic, 4 / 5