Ray Barretto

Acting

Born April 29, 1929 · New York City, New York, USA

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.

Known For · 10 titles

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

2021

Salsa

1976

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

2002

Money

1991

From Mambo to Hip Hop

2007

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

1972

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

2021

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

1979

Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3

2006