Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1929-04-29
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York as Self (archive footage)
2021Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised) as Self
2007From Mambo to Hip Hop
2006Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3 as Self - Percussionista
1991Money as Chandra
1979A Walking Tour of Sesame Street as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979Beats of the Heart: Salsa as Self
1976Salsa
1972Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa) as Self