Ray Barretto

1929-04-29 - 2006-02-17 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.

Movies

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

2021 7.6

as Self

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979 0.0

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

2021 8.0

as Self (archive footage)

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

1972 8.0

as Self

Salsa

1976 0.0

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

1979 0.0

as Self