Ray Barretto
Known for: Acting
Born: April 29, 1929
Died: February 17, 2006
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
Beats of the Heart: Salsa
1979
Our Latin Thing (Nuestra Cosa)
1972
From Mambo to Hip Hop
2007
Legends of Jazz con Ramsey Lewis Volume 3
2006
Las caras lindas de Tite Curet
2002
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
2021
Nueva York: A Musical History of Latin New York
2021
Money
1991
A Walking Tour of Sesame Street
1979