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Guillermo Barreto (Guillermo Barreto Brown) was born on 11 August, 1929 in La Habana, Cuba, is a Guillermo Barreto was Cuban drummer and timbalero Cuban drummer and timbalero. Discover Guillermo Barreto's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 62 years old?

Popular As Guillermo Barreto Brown
Occupation Musician arranger
Age 62 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 11 August, 1929
Birthday 11 August
Birthplace La Habana, Cuba
Date of death 14 December, 1991
Died Place La Habana, Cuba
Nationality Cuba

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1929

Guillermo Barreto (August 11, 1929 – December 14, 1991) was a Cuban drummer and timbalero.

He was a major figure in the Cuban music scene for more than fifty years and one of the first drummers in Cuba to play Afro-Cuban jazz.

Like many Cuban musicians, Guillermo Barreto had several nicknames.

Barreto was born in Havana on August 11, 1929.

His father was Primo Barreto, a clarinetist who taught music to all of his children: Lita, Josefina, Estela, Alejandro "Coco", Roberto "Bobby", and Guillermo.

As a young man, Guillermo became a skilled interpreter of Cuban pailas.

1940

In the 1940s, he was part of several big bands: the Cabaret Tropicana resident orchestra (directed by Obdulio Morales), the Sans Souci resident orchestra (directed by Rafael Ortega) and Armando Romeu González's orchestra.

Soon he was playing his own arrangements and compositions.

1943

Between 1943 and 1946, he studied piano under the supervision of Rafael Ortega.

1950

He was usually credited as "Barretico" during the 1950s and 1960s.

He was also known as "El Loro" (The Parrot) and "Pata de loro" (Parrot leg) "due to his constant chatter and parrotlike walk", a nickname given to him by Rita Montaner according to Paquito D'Rivera.

Inspired by bop drummers like Max Roach and Roy Haynes, by the early 1950s, Guillermo would organize the Sunday afternoon jam sessions (known as descargas) at the legendary Cabaret Tropicana (featuring stars such as Bebo Valdés), often doing the transcription necessary to explain American jazz music to his bandmates to play.

The band would include guest musicians such as Miguel O'Farrill and Elio Valdés, and they backed singer Merceditas Valdés, Barreto's wife since the late 1950s.

1957

He played in Cachao's famous 1957 sessions, and in 1959 the first Quinteto Instrumental de Música Moderna LP came out under the name Grupo Cubano de Música Moderna.

1958

This swing background would allow him to take his music into the realm of Afro-Cuban jazz as part of the Quinteto Instrumental de Música Moderna, which he founded in 1958 alongside Frank Emilio Flynn.

He was so highly regarded that during a visit to Cuba by Stan Kenton's orchestra, Guillermo replaced an ill Buddy Rich for one night's performance.

1960

By the early 1960s, he was amongst the most prolific drummers in the Cuban jazz scene, playing with the likes of Chucho Valdés, Fernando Mulens, Peruchín and, since 1967, the all-star big band known as Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna.

1980

The Quinteto Instrumental de Música Moderna, "which quickly gained stature as a benchmark in Cuban Latin jazz history", would later evolve into Los Amigos in the 1980s.

1991

Friends with another younger Cuban drummer, Hilario Durán, (Hilario worked with Guillermo in the Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna) in 1991, he introduced Hilario to the Canadian flautist Jane Bunnett.

Both men then went on to appear on her famous Afro-Cuban recording Spirits of Havana.

On December 14, 1991, two months after the recording of Spirits of Havana, Barreto died in his hometown, Havana.

1996

His wife died on June 13, 1996.

Barreto has been considered a notable influence by many Cuban drummers such as Conrado "Coky" García.

With Cachao

With Frank Emilio / Quinteto Instrumental de Música Moderna / Los Amigos

With Juanito Márquez / Combo Siboney

With Fernando Mulens

With Orquesta Cubana de Música Moderna

With Peruchín

With Tojo

With Chucho Valdés

With Los Zafiros