Ray Barretto
Fiesta en El Barrio
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AMG Review of Fiesta en El Barrio
John Storm Roberts
All Music GuideIf you wonder (a) why Barretto suddenly has such a hot band, (b) what the two hokey Mexicali cuts are doing mixed in with all the other fine stuff, and (c) why there are zippo notes, one explanation fits all. This CD, copyright 1994, is a re-release of one of Barretto's long-lost 1960s United Artists recordings. But the music is terrific: a hell of a swing, great solo trumpet.
 "Fiesta en El Barrio")
