Ray Barretto

Gender: Male

Birthday: 1929-04-29 - 2006-02-17

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As: Ray Barreto

Biography

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.

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Known For

2021

Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)

(Self - Performer (archive footage))

2021

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

(Self (archive footage))

1976

Salsa

1972

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

(Self)

1991

Money

(Chandra)

1979

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

(Self)

2007

From Mambo to Hip Hop

1979

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))

2002

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

(Self (Archive Footage))

2006

Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3

(Self - Percussionista)