Profile

Ray Barretto

Acting

Born 1929-04-29 · Died 2006-02-17

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.

Filmography

9 credits across movies and TV

Movie

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

2021 · Self (archive footage)

Movie

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)

1972 · Self

Movie

Salsa

1976

Movie

Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3

2006 · Self - Percussionista

Movie

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

2021 · Self - Performer (archive footage)

Movie

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Movie

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

1979 · Self

Movie

Money

1991 · Chandra

Movie

From Mambo to Hip Hop

2007