Raymond Santos (December 28, 1928 – October 17, 2019) was an American Grammy Award-winning Latin musician, composer, and educator.
Santos served as music consultant and arranger for the soundtrack of the motion picture The Mambo Kings.
He arranged and directed the orchestra for Linda Ronstadt's Frenesí album, for which he won a Grammy.
[3][4] Santos taught at the City College of New York for over 20 years, directing the Latin Band.
[1] In 2018, Santos contributed arrangements to Eddie Palmieri's Mi Luz Mayor album.