- Born
- April 29, 1929
- Died
- February 17, 2006 (aged 76)
- Place of birth
- New York City, New York, USA
- Also known as
- Ray Barreto
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.