Ray Barretto
Born: 1929-04-29
Birthplace: 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
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Salsa
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
Pogreso
From Mambo to Hip Hop
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Beats of the Heart: Salsa
Money
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Top Movie Credits
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
Self (Archive Footage)
Pogreso
Music
Money
Chandra
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Self (archive footage)