Ray Barretto

🎂 Born: 1929-04-29📍 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

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

Self (archive footage)

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

Self

Salsa

Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3

Self - Percussionista

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

Self - Performer (archive footage)

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

Self

Money

Chandra

From Mambo to Hip Hop

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

Self (Archive Footage)