Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1929-04-29
Deathday
2006-02-17
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Ray Barretto
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)
as Self
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
as Self
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
as Self (archive footage)
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
as Self - Percussionista
Salsa
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beats of the Heart: Salsa
as Self