Ray Barretto
Known for
Acting
Born
April 29, 1929
Birthplace
New York City, New York, USA
Died
February 17, 2006 (aged 76)
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.
Best known work
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Money
1991
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
1972
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
2021
Salsa
1976
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
2006
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
2002
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979
Beats of the Heart: Salsa
1979
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2007Filmography
2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New Yorkas Self (archive footage)
2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)as Self - Performer (archive footage)
2007
2006
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3as Self - Percussionista
2005
PogresoMusic
2002
Las caras lindas de Tite Curetas Self (Archive Footage)
1991
Moneyas Chandra
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Streetas Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979
Beats of the Heart: Salsaas Self
1976
1972