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Ray Barretto

Ray Barretto

Known for
Acting
Born
April 29, 1929
Died
February 17, 2006 (aged 76)
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) poster

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

Money poster

Money

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) poster

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York poster

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

Salsa poster

Salsa

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet poster

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street poster

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Beats of the Heart: Salsa poster

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

From Mambo to Hip Hop poster

From Mambo to Hip Hop

Filmography

2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York poster

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) poster

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

Movie · as Self - Performer (archive footage)

2007
From Mambo to Hip Hop poster

From Mambo to Hip Hop

Movie

2006
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3

Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3

Movie · as Self - Percussionista

2002
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet poster

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

Movie · as Self (Archive Footage)

1991
Money poster

Money

Movie · as Chandra

1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street poster

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1979
Beats of the Heart: Salsa poster

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

Movie · as Self

1976
Salsa poster

Salsa

Movie

1972
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) poster

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

Movie · as Self

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