Ray Barretto
Ray Barretto was an American percussionist and bandleader of Puerto Rican ancestry. Throughout his career as a percussionist, he played a wide variety of Latin music styles, as well as Latin jazz.
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 1929-04-29 · New York City, New York, USA
- Died
- 2006-02-17
Known for
- Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) (2021) — Self - Performer (archive footage)
- Money (1991) — Chandra
- Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) (1972) — Self
- Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York (2021) — Self (archive footage)
- Salsa (1976)
- Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3 (2006) — Self - Percussionista
- Las caras lindas de Tite Curet (2002) — Self (Archive Footage)
- A Walking Tour of Sesame Street (1979) — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Beats of the Heart: Salsa (1979) — Self
- From Mambo to Hip Hop (2007)
- Pogreso (2005) — Music