A trombonist, singer, bandleader, composer and arranger, he collaborated with Rubén Blades on “Siembra,” a 1978 release that became one of the top-selling salsa albums of all time.

A son of Puerto Rican parents who grew up in the Bronx, Barretto moved between jazz and Latin music with relentless creativity. Hear 12 indestructible tracks.

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His career spanned 60 years and dozens of albums and had been named among the most influential Latino artists of all time.

According to American publishing mythology, there was a time when giants bestrode Midtown Manhattan. They came from Chicago, from Oregon, from Pennsylvania, from nearby New Jersey, or from the outer ...

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The Story of Bernie Goetz, New York’s Explosive ’80s, and the Subway Vigilante Trial That Divided the Nation, and historian Heather Ann Thompson’s Fear and Fury: The Reagan Eighties, the Bernie Goetz ...

The U.S. military says a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran crashed in western Iraq, killing all six crew members.

Prominent affordable and mixed-income housing landlord Camber Property Group sold an eight-building assemblage in Prospect Park for nearly $80 million. Rick Gropper’s firm offloaded the Brooklyn ...

The first-ever stone house in New Braunfels is getting a new lease on life.

Every March 17, the United States goes green in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day honoring Ireland’s patron saint has evolved into a nationwide celebration of Irish ...