RAY BARRETTO - Time Was • Time Is (2004) APE (image+.cue), lossless

On Time Was - Time Is, veteran conguero Ray Barretto and his Latin jazz sextet (with percussionist Bobby Sanabria guesting on four songs) are in ways the Art Blakey Jazz Messengers of Afro-Cuban jazz. While the music on this set is essentially Latinized hard bop, with plenty of heated solos from trumpeter Joe Magnarelli and altoist Myron Walden, a few tunes are revived and modernized from Barretto's earlier days including a Cuban lullaby ("Drume Negrita"), a French ballad ("Syracuse"), and an inventive transformation of the gospel standard "Motherless Child." Although this European release will not be as widely circulated as Barretto's slightly earlier Concord recordings, it is on the same high level and is easily recommended to fans of Barretto's blend of hard bop and Latin rhythms. by Scott Yanow
Tracklist :
1     Drume Negrita 5:49
Ernesto Grenet, Sunny Skylar        
2     Murmullo 5:05
Aguilar Hurtado Salvador
3     Mags 5:04
Joe Magnarelli
4     Motherless Child 8:04
5     One for Ray 6:43
Robert Rodriguez    
6     The View from Here 4:16
Myron Walden
7     Time Was - Time Is 5:54
Myron Walden
8     Palladium Nights 4:57
Sean Conly
9     Syracuse 3:30
Bernard Dimey / Henri Salvador
10     Caper for Chris 4:58
Ray Barretto / Joe Magnarelli
Credits :
Alto Saxophone – Myron Walden
Bass – Sean Conly
Congas, Producer – Ray Barretto
Drums – Ray Barretto (faixas: 10), Vince Cherico
Percussion – Bobby Sannabria (faixas: 1, 4, 5, 8)
Piano – Robert Rodriguez
Timbales – Ray Barretto (faixas: 8)
Trumpet, Flugelhorn – Joe Magnarelli