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)

Money

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

Salsa

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

From Mambo to Hip Hop

All Movies (10)

• Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)2021 · as Self - Performer (archive footage)
• From Mambo to Hip Hop2007
• Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 32006 · as Self - Percussionista
• Las caras lindas de Tite Curet2002 · as Self (Archive Footage)
• Money1991 · as Chandra
• A Walking Tour of Sesame Street1979 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Beats of the Heart: Salsa1979 · as Self
• Salsa1976
• Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)1972 · as Self