Ray Barretto

Personal Info

Birthday

April 29, 1929

Day of Death

2006-02-17

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, USA

Also Known As

Ray Barreto

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

Filmography

2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
as Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
2006
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
as Self - Percussionista
1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Beats of the Heart: Salsa
as Self
1972
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
as Self