Ray Barretto

Acting

Born April 29, 1929 · New York City, New York, USA

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

Salsa

1976

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

2021

Las caras lindas de Tite Curet

2002

A Walking Tour of Sesame Street

1979

Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York

2021

Beats of the Heart: Salsa

1979

Money

1991

From Mambo to Hip Hop

2007

Acting(10)

2021Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New YorkSelf (archive footage)

Film

2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)Self - Performer (archive footage)

Film

2007From Mambo to Hip Hop

Film