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

Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
Salsa
Salsa
Beats of the Heart: Salsa
Beats of the Heart: Salsa

Filmography

2021 Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self
2006 Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
as Self - Percussionista
1991 Money
as
1979 A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1979 Beats of the Heart: Salsa
as Self
1976 Salsa
as
1972 Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
as Self