Ray Barretto
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
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
Salsa
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
Money
From Mambo to Hip Hop
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
Beats of the Heart: SalsaFilmography (10)
- 2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New YorkSelf (archive footage) - 2021
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self - Performer (archive footage) - 2007
From Mambo to Hip Hop - 2006Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3Self - Percussionista
- 2002
Las caras lindas de Tite CuretSelf (Archive Footage) - 1991
MoneyChandra - 1979
A Walking Tour of Sesame StreetSelf (archive footage) (uncredited) - 1979
Beats of the Heart: SalsaSelf - 1976
Salsa - 1972
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)Self