Person
Ray Barretto
Acting · 1929–2006 · 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)
Self - Performer (archive footage)
Salsa
1976
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2007
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
Self (Archive Footage)
Money
Chandra
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Self (archive footage)
Pogreso
Music
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Self
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
Self - Percussionista
Filmography
- 2021Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New YorkSelf (archive footage)
- 2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self - Performer (archive footage)
- 2007From Mambo to Hip Hop
- 2006Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3Self - Percussionista
- 2005PogresoMusic
- 2002Las caras lindas de Tite CuretSelf (Archive Footage)
- 1991MoneyChandra
- 1979A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetSelf (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1979Beats of the Heart: SalsaSelf
- 1976Salsa
- 1972Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)Self
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