Ray Barretto Hard Hands CD

Hard Hands Music

Category	Jazz Albums, International CDs, Jazz Instrument, Latin Pop, Tropical, Salsa/Tropical, Latin Jazz, Latin
Label	Fania
Orig Year	1968
All Time Sales Rank	84996
CD Universe Part number	7224722
Discs	1
Release Date	Jul 18, 2006
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Ray Barretto
Engineer	Brooks Arthur
Recording Time	35 minutes

Ray Barretto Hard Hands Songs

	1.	Hard Hands
	2.	Abidjan
	3.	Love Beads
	4.	Mi Ritmo Te Llama
	5.	Got to Have You
	6.	Son con Cuero
	7.	Mirame de Frente
	8.	New York Soul
	9.	Ahora Si

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Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars latin soul
New York Soul is up here with Soul Drummers. a must purchase
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